Glen Rubsamen (born 1957) is a visual artist and writer, primarily working with painting and photography. Rubsamen splits his time between Los Angeles, California and Düsseldorf, Germany.[1] Rubsamen is married to artist, Rita McBride.
Glen Rubsamen | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1957 Hollywood, California |
| Education | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Spouse | Rita McBride |
| Website | http://glenrubsamen.com/ |
Early life edit
Glen Rubsamen was born in Hollywood, California in 1957 to Gisela Roth/Rubsamen[2] and Walter H. Rubsamen.[3] He is the younger of two children. His sister Valerie Rubsamen was a professor of politics at Swarthmore College (retired) and author of numerous books and articles on media and the state in France. His father, Walter H. Rubsamen, was a professor of musicology at the University of California, Los Angeles, known primarily for his work on the literary sources of secular music in Italy in the fifteenth century and the history and politics of ballad opera, he traveled extensively for research with grants from various American institutions.[4] His Mother Gisela Roth/Rubsamen is an art historian specializing in the Italian Baroque. Rubsamen earned his BA and MFA from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1978 and 1981 respectively.
Books edit
Glen Rubsamen is the author and co-editor, with Rita McBride, of a variety of experimental artist publications, including Futureways,[5] a group of short stories by different authors describing an art exhibition in the future; Those Useless Trees,[6] a book about the relationship of trees to the new global urbanism; Rhynchophorus ferruginous,[7] an investigation of a parasite that has caused the death of millions of primarily ornamental palm trees in the Near East and the Mediterranean and has had a profound effect on the cultural aesthetics of tourism; and Take All The Time You Need,[8] a combination painting monograph and a quinquagenary agenda for organizing the next fifty years.
Painting and photography edit
Glen Rubsamen's paintings and photographs are characterized by a documentary interest in compiling, like collectibles, situations in nature of great dramatic intensity in the romantic tradition, such as sunrises and sunsets, exuberant vegetation, or images of the apocalypse. Through brusque combinations of different perspectives and violent foreshortening of the objects and trees, Rubsamen shows us an uninhabited and almost aggressive world, an assaulted nature that makes us think of the devastating after-effects of a meteorological or technological catastrophe. These characteristics, combined with the absence of human presence, the tendency towards monochrome and the lack of spatio-temporal references create an atmosphere charged with austere quietude and spirituality. Rubsamen is the painter of a nature where the organic appears in artificial images.
Galleries edit
| Country | Name |
|---|---|
| Switzerland | Annemarie Verna Galerie |
| Switzerland | Mai 36 Galerie |
| Italy | Galleria Alfonso Artiaco |
| Italy | Valentina Bonomo |
| Germany | Cosar HMT |
| Sweden | Stene Projects |
References edit
- ^ Goldman, Edward (2017-08-01). "Three Exhibitions, Three Sides of the Coin". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-09-03.
- ^ Gisela., Rubsamen (1980). The Orsini inventories. Malibu, Calif.: J. Paul Getty Museum. ISBN 0892360100. OCLC 7540600.
- ^ "University of California: In Memoriam, March 1976". content.cdlib.org. Retrieved 2017-09-03.
- ^ "Rubsamen, Walter (Howard) - Dictionary definition of Rubsamen, Walter (Howard) | Encyclopedia.com: FREE online dictionary". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2017-09-03.
- ^ Futureways. McBride, Rita, 1960-, Rubsamen, Glen., Printed Matter, Inc., Whitney Museum of American Art. Vancouver: ArsenalAdvance. 2004. ISBN 1551521725. OCLC 55510211.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Rubsamen, Glen (2005). Those useless trees : they forgot to tell me you were going away. Frankfurt am Main: Revolver Archiv für aktuelle Kunst. ISBN 9783865881687. OCLC 71508662.
- ^ Rubsamen, Glen (2013). Rhynchophorus ferrugineus. Stille, Alexander., Licht, Matthew., Soyez-Petithomme, Caroline. New York, New York. ISBN 9780988340466. OCLC 845516537.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Rubsamen, Glen (2010). Glen Rubsamen : take all the time you need. Keller, Christoph, 1967-, Nilsson, John Peter., Licht, Matthew., Von Schlegell, Mark A. Nürnberg: Verlag für Moderne Kunst. ISBN 978-3941185487. OCLC 495780544.