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Artist Statement:
Marc Rubin was born in
Chicago, Illinois on April
30th 1950. He studied painting
and sculpture at the
University of Illinois at
Champaign/Urbana Illinois from
1968 to 1972. While his works
are rich with remarkable
color, they are also rich in
artistic process. Through his
formal college training Rubin
was taught the process of
observing, drawing, composing
and translating the human
experience into inspired
creations. During Marc’s
second year he met and became
friendly with Salvador Dali
who visited the campus on many
occasions. Dali held a
profound respect for and love
of Georges Seurat and his
Pointillism which Marc was
studying and using to create
his first major painting.
Salvador and Marc remained
close private friends until
Salvador’s death in the
1980’s. When Marc asked
Salvador if would be possible
to meet a living modern art
master painter of Salvador’s
choosing Dali introduced Marc
to Jean DuBuffet who mentored
and shared a wealth of
knowledge with Rubin.
In 1973 Rubin entered his
first major work in
Pointillism, "Ladies of the
Canyon", in a highly
prestigious museum
competition. Marc was hoping
to demonstrate his integrity
and gain postgraduate credits
which would allow him to
continue ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
New Exhibitions for 2005 to be
announced soon....
Current One Man Exhibition
"now on view at
www.marcrubin.com - special
exhibitions"
In mid March 2003 Marc
Rubin launched the most
ambitious one man show of his
30 year career. The exhibition
titled "The Light of Truth"
will be premiered for ...
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Artist Galleries:
*Curator/Representative
Jeffrey Rose 773-404-2233
*THE MARC RUBIN GALLERY,
CHICAGO
3625 N Pine Grove
*MARC RUBIN GALLERY 0N LINE
www.marcrubin.com
*Marc Rubin Online gift shop
www.marcartpopshop.com
www.911neveragain.com
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Artist Reviews:
MY FAVORITE REVIEWS OF THE
PAST 28 YEARS HAVE BEEN TWO
NEGATIVE REVIEWS IN THE
CHICAGO TRIBUNE NEWSPAPER. IN
1976 WHEN I FIRST EXHIBITED MY
STYLE INVENTION CALLED
POP-CUBISM, USED TO DEPICT
CITYSCAPES SUCH AS "WHERE TWO
RIVERS MEET", A SMALL MINDED
CRITIC CALLED THE STYLE
PRETEND-CUBISM AND ...
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Collections:
Coming Soon!
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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