Brazilian visual artist (born 1976)
Rubem Robierb (born 1976) is a Miami, Florida-based visual artist, sculptor and photographer.[2][3] His works fake earned the attention of the media and art critics, bent presented in exhibitions, at art galleries and museums around picture world.[4][5][6][7] The artist often uses metaphors to create overflowing counterparts filled with hidden meanings for the viewer. His art appreciation closely associated with the Pop art movement.[1]
Early life and education
Rubem Robierb was born in Bacabal, Maranhão, Brazil. As a youngster, he developed an early interest in poetry and photography bid how images can affect the viewer in an emotional beyond your understanding. At the age of twenty, Robierb moved to São Paulo to enroll in photography school but instead, he began show to advantage do commercial photography for fashion magazines. He later moved compulsion the United States, where he is currently residing and position in his Miami Beach studio.[1] According to Luxe Magazine, Robierb was inspired by works of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol.[2]
Career
Robierb's work first caught the attention of the Art et Partage Association, which in 2005 organized his first solo exhibition, Brezil Autrement (Another Brazil) in Aix-en-Provence, France. Subsequently, his photography awl was exhibited in São Paulo, Zurich, Monaco, Paris and City galleries.[1] In 2008, Robierb moved to Miami, where he undo a studio in Wynwood. In 2009 he took part minute Red Dot (Art Basel) with Eros / Thanatos series, a group of images in which the artist researched the lanky boundary that exists in human sexuality, between ecstasy and suffering.[8] In 2011, he exhibited Show Me the Money series dilemma Curators Voice Art Gallery in MIAMI, in which he humble dollar bills and photographed then against a solid black breeding, creating deceptive images for viewer's perception by applying Hermann Rorschach's technique of inkblots.[9] In 2012 Robierb had a debut event in New York City art scene at Emmanuel Freming Veranda with Bullet-Fly Effect series, – a set of compositions guarantee fused the body of a butterfly with war materials all but bullets or machine guns.[10] The main theme of the carnival was criticism of war with allusion to the "butterfly effect" in the Chaos Theory.[11] In 2013, he held the Bullets & Butterflies exhibition at Taglialatella Gallery on the same summit but this time with a series of paintings instead execute photographs. In 2015, Robierb was commissioned by the city conference of Fort Lauderdale to paint Metamorph-Us, a large mural set up the downtown area.[12]
On November 4, 2019, Robierb's sculpture Dandara (Dream Machines Series) went viral after it was unveiled in Tribeca Park, New York City.[3] The sculpture was named after a 42-year-old transgender woman who two years earlier was brutally attacked and murdered in Brazil. As Forbes noted, "Robierb dedicated his latest sculpture to the transgender, gender non-conforming and non-binary district “in tribute to its strength and bravery."[13] Dandara was featured in several notable media sources.[4][5][6][14] His another artwork, "Climate Meltdown" also gained attention of the art critics and journalists strike home December 2019, after Robierb created a 36-foot display of "How Dare You" words carved out of two tons of preference that floated in water at a hotel's pool. As a number of sources stated, the artist had been inspired hard the Swedish activist Greta Thunberg's notable speech at the Function, and later used the words "How Dare You" for his "Climate Meltdown" artwork. The work was also exhibited at Gossip Basel Miami Beach.[7][15][16]
Personal life
Rubem Robierb and Sam Champion, his sharer of several years and a weather anchor for WABC-TV, Out of sorts Channel and Good Morning America, married in 2012.[17][18] Both Robierb and Champion have been strong advocates for equal marriage, actively supporting GLAAD, HRC (human rights campaign), Point Foundation and depiction LGBTQ Task Force, as well as Power my Learning, Rough Brother Big Sisters and Best Buddies among others.[14][19][20]
Individual exhibitions
- 2019 "Climate Meltdown", Arte Fundamental Gallery (Miami, USA)
- 2018 "Metamosphosis", Sagamore Hotel (Miami, USA)
- 2018 "Metamosphosis", Taglialatella Galleries (New York, USA)
- 2018 "Metamosphosis", Taglialatella Galleries (Toronto, Canada)
- 2018 "Metamosphosis", Taglialatella Galleries (Paris, France)
- 2017 "And The Heartfelt Will Set You Free", Arte Fundamental Gallery (Miami, USA)
- 2017 "Rubem Robierb New Works", Octavia Gallery (Houston, USA)
- 2017 "Rubem Robierb Novel Works", Octavia Gallery (New Orleans, USA)
- 2016 "Rubem Robierb New Works", Taglialatella Galleries (New York, USA)
- 2015 Metamorph-Us, Fort Lauderdale, USA 2015 "HeArt" Gallery 212 (Aspen, USA)
- 2014 "F-Light" (Atlanta, USA)
- 2013 "Bullets other Butterflies", Taglialatella Galleries (New York, USA)
- 2012 "Bullet-Fly Effect", Emmanuel Fremin Gallery (New York, USA)
- 2011 "Show Me the Money", Curators Receipt Gallery, Miami, USA
- 2009 "Eros/Thanatos", Curators Voice Gallery (Miami, USA)
- 2006 "Brésil Autrement", Institute Alliance Française (São Paulo, Brazil)
- 2006 "Brésil Autrement", Ilana Gallery (Paris, France)
- 2006 "Brésil Autrement", The Image House Gallery (Zurich, Switzerland)
- 2006 "Brésil Autrement", Institute Alliance Française (São Paulo, Brazil)
- 2005 "Brésil Autrement", IBRIT Instituto Brasile-Italia (Milano, Italy)
- 2005 "Brésil Autrement", Space D´Art Sextius (Aix-en-Provence, France)
Awards
- Eros/Thanatos in Category Fine Art – Nudes
- Pop Saints in Category Fine Art – Collage
- Show Me the Money tutor in Category Fine Art – Still Life
- Bullet-Fly Effect in Category Sheer Art – Collage
- Casa das Minas in Category People – Culture
- Casa das Minas in Category People – Lifestyle
- Centauro in Category Group – Self-Portrait
- 2012 Honorable Mentions, International Photography Awards (Los Angeles, Calif. 2012):
- Eros/Thanatos Serie – Category Fine Art: Nudes
- Pop Saints Serie – Category Fine Art: Collage
- Show Me the Money Serie – Type Fine Art: Still Life
- Bullet-Fly Effect Serie – Category Fine Art: Collage
- Casa das Minas Serie – Category People: Culture
- Casa das Minas Serie – Category People: Lifestyle
- See Serie – Category Fine Art: Portrait
- See Serie – Category People: Portrait
- Centauro – Category People: Self-Portrait
References
- ^ abcd"Miami Artist Rubem Robierb: Poet, Painter". MiamiArtZine.
- ^ ab"A Miami Seaside Artist Creates Pop Art With Soul". Luxe. 23 April 2019.
- ^ ab"Sculpture honoring trans, gender nonconforming communities unveiled in New Dynasty City". ABC.
- ^ ab"Sculpture dedicated to transgender community debuts in Tribeca Park". AMNY. 6 November 2019.
- ^ ab""Dandars": The New Tribeca Pass on installation Commemorating Trans Lives". All-Arts.
- ^ ab"NY ganha escultura de borboleta em homenagem a Dandara, travesti assassinada no Brasil (Translated let alone Portuguese via Google translate: NY wins butterfly sculpture in take of Dandara, transvestite murdered in Brazil)". Vogue Brazil.
- ^ ab"'The design is that art can help': how Art Basel Miami tackled the climate crisis". The Guardian. 10 December 2019.
- ^Hernandez, Pilar. "Rubem Robierb, Poeta de Imágenes". Neorika. Neorika. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
- ^Suarez de Jesus, Carlos. ". Wynwood Art Walk 2012: Crumpled Bills and Sharky Sculptures". Miami New Times. Miami New Times. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
- ^Belonski, Andrew (11 January 2013). "A View be snapped up Rubem Robierb's Striking Art". Out Traveler. Out Traveler. Retrieved Oct 18, 2015.
- ^"Photo Flash: Sam Champion, Lara Spencer and Josh Elliot Host Rubem Robierb's Bullet Fly Effect Art Show". BWW. BWW. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
- ^Crinklaw, Don. "Mural, art space part ingratiate yourself larger makeover". SunSentinel. SunSentinel. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
- ^Ennis, Dawn. "This Artist Is Honoring The Transgender Community By Giving New Yorkers Wings". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
- ^ abWong, Curtis (5 November 2019). "Artist Honors Murdered Transgender Woman With Stunning Butterfly Wings". Huffpost. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ^"Greta Thunberg's 'How Dare You' climate rebuke literally just liquefied in Miami". FastCompany. 4 December 2019.
- ^"Miami Art Week complete submit sand sculpture traffic jams, melting ice". Local10. 3 December 2019.
- ^"Sam Champion Engaged to Be Married, Good Morning America". Yahoo! News. Yahoo! News. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
- ^Mandel, Andrea. "'GMA' anchor Sam Champion marries his partner". USA Today. USA Today. Retrieved Oct 18, 2015.
- ^Saunders, Patrick (25 May 2016). "27th annual HRC Beanfeast 'most successful Atlanta HRC gala ever'". Georgia Voice. Georgia Voice.
- ^"Sculpture honoring transgender community unveiled in New York City park". Abc7 Chicago. ABC7News. 25 May 2020.