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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:
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Artist Statement for Marc Rubin
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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 his education. However, his painting was accepted and by a unanimous decision of the four museum curator judges. This brought such great attention as to birth him immediately as a professional artist. The museum was The Art Institute of Chicago and like a few other major Fine Art competitions in America during the 1970's the exhibition was visited by art curators, collectors and dealers from all over the U.S. and Europe. Marc's pointillist painting drew great acclaim.
In 1974 Marc Rubin began to show with Chicago galleries and produced his first one-man exhibition. Following true to the well-mentored knowledge he gained from Jean and Salvador, Marc boldly exhibited his works in several genres of modern art along with his Pointillist works. Rubin understands the various styles of modern art as having common roots in George Seurat’s inventive painting technique, Pointillism/Divisionism and his principals of color division, the yellow – red – blue – color wheel system. Marc employs these principals as common threads which unite his varied works. By 1982 Rubin was widely accepted as a multi-genre artist who received support from Jean and Salvador for his unpredictable creative behavior. When asked why his body of works do not demonstrate a constant stylistic appearance Marc Rubin will explain, “I merge varied styles and kinds of Fine Art to depict the unique qualities of each subject and message. This principal has been employed by many great painters including Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali and Jean DuBuffet.”
1973 First Museum showing
"LADIES OF THE CANYON"
THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
1976 Rubin creates and names a new style “POP-CUBISM”. Pop-Cubism unites “popular culture” comic book art techniques (flat pure color surrounded by line borders) with Cubism to depict cityscapes.
1978 Marc Rubin defines and names his entire body of work as “SYNCHRONISM” and creates his first intentional work in that genre, "AT THE LILY POND" 50"X132"
SYNCHRONISM: "INTENTIONAL ART WHICH SYNTHESIZES TWO OR MORE GENRES OF MODERNISM
AND/OR GENRES FROM ANY PREVIOUS AGE INTO HARMONIOUS BALANCE"
1981, 1982, 1983 Major works are exhibited in THE SAN DIEGO ART INSTITUTE including CUBISM, EXPRESSIONISM, POINTILLISM AND SYNCHRONISM
1982 "A CANTILLEVERED WINDOW" SURREAL CUBISM, wins honors in THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ART EXPOSITION
1983 "SUNSET: THE NEW LAND" receives award in THE SAN DIEGO ART INSTITUTE BIENNIAL COMPETITION, "EXCELLENCE IN ART"
1992 Marc is invited to be a guest artist in residence in Winnetka, Illinois.
1993 (DEC.) THROUGH 1997
"SUNRISE ON THE SHORE" POINTILLISM 66"X84" hangs in the Whitehouse private quarters ON LOAN TO THE CLINTON'S
1994 Rubin open’s his first public studio and gallery in Chicago, Illinois.
1995 Daffodils depicted in Rubin’s
"THE DAY" POINTILLISM 64"X64" Becomes a grass-roots symbol of hope for a cure for HIV-AIDS
1997 "THE DAY" in lithograph, is included in the permanent art archive of THE CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
1999 At the age of 49 Marc Rubin gives his 60th one-man Exhibition in Miami Beach, Florida
2000 As the artist enters the new realm of CYBER SPACE with his online gallery and virtual museum, his works are already collected on six continents and in all of the fifty U.S. states. www.marcrubin.com
2001 Focusing on one-man exhibitions in various American cities Marc Rubin relocates his public studio and gallery from downtown Chicago to a near west suburb, La Grange, Illinois. Quieter surroundings are now essential.
His website at 15 months of age has been visited over 92,000 times.
The medium of animated cyber art known as "Flash" has been added to the artist's body of works.
2002 Rubin's Pop-Cubist New York cityscape "Where Two Rivers Meet" was used as a healing memorial for many New Yorkers who were directly affected by the September 11th terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. Seventeen important works by Rubin were destroyed in the tragic event. The artist's ties to New York are long standing.
2003 Rubin mourns the death of his life mate of twenty years.
2004 "MARC-ART GICLEE"
Marc establishes Marc-Art Publishing and transforms 77 paintings into the new state of the art Fine Art printing process, Giclee’ (jee clay) Lithographs on archival papers and archival canvas. Rubin pioneers this new medium with reproductions of his previously collected works and creates new works with his new digital tools. Most notable is a series of surrealism works titled “The Twenty One Gates of Delirium in the Never Ending Wonder Wall’.
2005 The first 40 limited edition Giclees’ are released for exhibition and sale by Marc’s fine art representative Jeffrey Rose. Mr. Rose also promotes Marc’s Pop-Cubist Chicago Cityscapes into the Chicago Cultural Center Stores. Rubin’s website www.marcrubin.com has now been visited over 400,000 times.
2006 Marc returns to Chicago and opens his new gallery concept, a Fine Art gallery combined with a European espresso café. “Rubin’s Chicago Room Gallery Café” opens it’s doors December 17th 2005 with his first formal one man exhibition of his new Giclee’ lithographs. January 1st 2006, the “Chicago Room” becomes a division of AMJ Galleries LTD, with partners Jeffrey Rose and Arthur Billman. Rubin now includes artistic performance by musicians, dance theaters and acting studios. Marc invites guest painters and sculptors of merit to exhibit with him. The gallery/café is located at 3318 N Halsted Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60657; (773) 404-2233. www.chicagoroomgallerycafe.com
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