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Tal Rosenzweig (* 1967 in Tel Aviv , Israel ), known by his pseudonym Tal R , is a Danish artist.

Life

Tal Rosenzweig was born in Israel during the Six Day War to a Danish mother and a Czech father. The family moved to Denmark half a year later. Tal R studied from 1986 to 1988 at the Copenhagen Billedskolen a. a. with Erik Steffensen . From 1991 and 1993 he worked as a teacher at the Nut Cracker-Art School in Copenhagen. He then began studying at the Danish Royal Academy of Fine Arts in 1994 , which he finished in 2000. In the same year he was visiting professor at the Helsinki Art Academy. In 2001 Tal R received a studio grant from the city of Mönchengladbach . In 2003 he was a visiting professor at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts . Tal R has been teaching a master class for painting at the Düsseldorf Art Academy since 2005 . His works have been shown in various group exhibitions as well as in solo exhibitions in Denmark, the USA, Germany, Israel and Great Britain. In 2009 Tal R arranged his works according to his own curatorial concept in the Kunsthalle zu Kiel and the Kunsthalle Tübingen .

Tal R worked a. a. together with Jonathan Meese and Daniel Richter . In addition to Kaspar Kaum Bonnén, Kirstine Roepstorff and John Kørner, Tal R is a member of the artist collective Kørners Kontor.

Tal R works with gallery owners Nicole Hackert and Bruno Brunnet from the Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery.

Works

In his works such as paintings , collages and installations , Tal R often uses elements from music , comic book aesthetics, TV and old video game graphics. Tal R himself describes his works as Kolbojnik , according to his own statements, a Yiddish word used in the kibbutzim for the common garbage can (the literal meaning would be something like "know-it-all", "clever guy").

Exhibitions (selection)

• 2017: Babylonia , Contemporary Fine Arts , Berlin
• 2017: Sex Shops , Victoria Miro Gallery , Berlin
• 2017: Academy, Louisiana - Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen
• 2016: Garbage Man , Contemporary Fine Arts , Berlin
• 2015: The Oolong , Contemporary Fine Arts , Berlin
• 2014: The Virgin at ARoS Aarhus Art Museum
• 2013: Egyptian Boy at Contemporary Fine Arts , Berlin
• 2012: Man overboard in the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
• 2011: The Elephant Behind The Clown at Contemporary Fine Arts , Berlin
• 2011: The Elephant behind the Clown at Der Kunstverein , Hamburg
• 2010: TAL R at Contemporary Fine Arts , Berlin
• 2009: You laugh an ugly laugh in the Kunsthalle zu Kiel and the Kunsthalle Tübingen
• 2009: Teenager Beach in the CAC , Málaga
• 2008: Prince Fruit , Essl Museum , Klosterneuburg / Vienna
• 2008: Adieu Interesting , Contemporary Fine Arts , Berlin
• 2007: The Sum , Louisiana Museum for Modern Art , Humlebæk, Denmark; Bonnefanten Museum , Maastricht, Netherlands; Camden Arts Center , London
• 2006: Fruits , Contemporary Fine Arts , Berlin
• 2005: House of Prince , Contemporary Fine Arts , Berlin; Galerie Elisabeth and Klaus Thoman , Innsbruck
• 2005: Mor (with Jonathan Meese), Statens Museum for Kunst , Copenhagen
• 2004: Figur , Contemporary Fine Arts , Berlin
• 2003: Arcade , Bawag Foundation , Vienna
• 2002: Ike og Ancher , Horsens Art Museum , Horsens, Denmark
• 2002: Fruitland , Museum Abteiberg , Mönchengladbach
• 2001: Live at Club Sombi , Contemporary Fine Arts , Berlin
• 2000: El Castilio , Aarhus Art Museum , Aarhus, Denmark
• 2000: forever . Together with Daniel Richter in the Society for Contemporary Art , Bremen
• 2000: Viva Ultra , Holstebro Art Museum , Holstebro, Denmark
• 1999: Looket , Horsens Art Museum , Horsens, Denmark
• 1999: Grill 48 , part of the Street Sharks Biennale, Copenhagen
• 1999: At the Foot of Mount Fuki , Contemporary Fine Arts , Berlin
• 1999: Viva Ultra , Holstebro Art Museum , Holstebro, Denmark

Prices (selection)

• 2005: Eckersberg Medal

literature

• Tal R: The Virgin. ARoS Kunstmuseum Aarhus, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2014, ISBN 978-3-86335-484-8 .
• Tal R: Egyptian Boy. Contemporary Fine Arts, Snoeck Verlag, Cologne 2013, ISBN 978-3-86442-045-0 .
• Valley R: Man overboard. Galerie im Taxispalais, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Verlag der Buchhandlung König Köln 2012, ISBN 978-3-86335-160-1 .
• Tal R: The Elephant Behind the Clown. The Kunstverein, since 1817, 2011, ISBN 978-3-940953-79-7 .
• Tal R. You laugh an ugly laugh. Dumont, 2009, ISBN 978-3-8321-9227-3 .
• Tal R: Masters and Method. Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-7757-2163-9 .
• Tal R: Adieu interesting. Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-931355-47-0 .

Movie

• "Tal R - En dansk verdensstjerne" (28:45 min) by Daniel Dencik

Web links

• Tal R: "A sleeping artist is a great thing". on eiskellerberg.tv (2012)
• Tal R at Contemporary Fine Arts Berlin - with biography, bibliography and selected works (English)
• Literature by and about Tal R in the catalog of the German National Library
• Tal R .: Art between bright colors and vegetables. ( Memento from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) In: Westdeutsche Zeitung . December 7, 2006.
• Patricia Ellis: About Tal R and his art. on the website of the Saatchi Gallery (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Exploding jungle of art. In: manager magazin online. October 25, 2009, accessed January 6, 2013 .