David Rosenberg (born 3 November 1965) is a French art curator and author, specialized in modern and contemporary art styles.
Biography
David Rosenberg has curated exhibitions and organized art events in France and internationally in collaboration with museums and foundations.
In his works, he has explored relations between art and different disciplines â such as science, new technologies, dance, and studied connections between art and comic strip or manga. He has also done work around the history of photography and the record of invention (neon light).
In 2003, he founded "Le Dancing", a group of European dancers and choreographers performing offstage, in collaboration with plastic artists and artistic groups.
In 2004, he contributed to "The Quiet in the Land, Art, Spirituality and Everyday life", Luang Prabang, Laos, created and directed by France Morin.
From 2004 to 2012, he was a faculty member in the Art department at the University of Paris VIII.
In 2014 he was named Knight of the Order of the Arts and Letters.
Exhibitions and events (selection)
- Gold Water: Apocalyptic Black Mirrors II, MACRO Museum, Rome, in collaboration with Paolo De Grandis et Claudio Crescentini. March/April 2016. Artist: Maria Veronica Leon V.
- Mattotti / Infini. Fonds Hélène & ÃÂdouard Leclerc pour la Culture (Hélène & Edouard Leclerc foundation for the Culture), Capucins, Landerneau, in collaboration with Lucas Hureau. December, 2015.
- Hard Rain. Feizi Gallery, Brussels. November, 2015.
- Showcase #1: Think Big as part of Parcours Privé FIAC 2015, Beaugrenelle, Paris, in collaboration with Constance Breton (The Art of this Century). October, 2015.
- Dédicaces et déclarations (Dedications and declarations). Exhibition at Cognacq-Jay Museum as part of the #05 Yia Art Fair Hors les Murs, in collaboration with Marie Gayet. October, 2015.
- Mille fleurs ! (A thousand flowers!). A Chinese art collection. Sainte-Anne chapel, La Baule. July, 2015.
- Inside Tesla. Feizi Gallery, Brussels. April, 2015.
- Silent Conversation. Feizi Gallery, Brussels. March, 2015.
- Screens. Feizi Gallery, Brussels. September, 2015.
- Obscur â Clarté (Obscur â clarity). As part of the #02 YIA Art Fair, Bastille Design Center, Paris. March, 2015.
- Metamorphosis of the Virtual 5+5. K11 Shanghai, Shanghai. July, 2014.
- Genesis (Hyundai showroom). Beyond Museum, Seoul, Korea. December, 2014.
- Holistic, Mario Mazzoli Gallery, Berlin. May 2014. Artist: Donato Piccolo.
- Endre Rozsda : le temps retrouvé (Endre Rozsda: time regained). Retrospective exhibition of the centenary of the birth of the artist. In collaboration with Rona Kopeczky and Péter Baki. Magyar Nemzeti Galéria (Hungarian National Gallery), Budapest. November, 2013.
- Je sème àtout vent⦠11 galeries parisiennes en fleur (I sow to the four winds...11 flowering Parisian galleries). May, 2013.
- Turbulences II'. Boghossian Foundation, in partnership with the Louis Vuitton cultural space, Brussels, February, 2013, in collaboration with Pierre Sterckx.
- ÃÂric Michel, Aura. Hôtel-Dieu, Brie-Comte-Robert. December, 2012.
- Neon, la materia luminosa dellâÂÂarte MACRO Museum, Rome, in collaboration with Bartolomeo Pietromarchi. June, 2012.
- Turbulences. Louis Vuitton cultural space, Paris, in collaboration with Pierre Sterckx. June, 2012.
- Néon ! WhoâÂÂs afraid of red, yellow and blue ?. La Maison Rouge, Antoine de Galbert foundation. February, 2012.
- LâÂÂÃÂtrange Noël de Monsieur et Madame de la Châtre(The Nightmare Before Christmas of Mr and Mrs de la Châtre). Martine et Thibault de la Châtre Gallery, Paris. December, 2011.
- Charwei Tsai, ë My Nature û. Maison Deyrolle, Paris. May, 2011.
- Fabien Verschaere, Lost & Found Galerie RX, Paris. April, 2011.
- Contemplation/Contestation, a Chinese art collection. Neuflize OBC Bank, Paris. October, 2010.
- Mantras, moqueries, monstres et mutations (Youpi, câÂÂest la rentrée ! chapter II) (Mantras, mockeries, monsters and mutations). Martine et Thibault de la Châtre Gallery, Paris. September, 2010.
- Deichû Ni Hasu (a Lotus in the Mud), Underground & Secret Mangaka'. Georges-Philippe et Nathalie Vallois Gallery, Paris. April, 2010.
- Show, Vlad et Alina Turco, ÃÂcole des Beaux-Arts de Paris, Paris. January, 2010.
- La photographie nâÂÂest pas lâÂÂart, collection Sylvio Perlstein (Photography is not art, Sylvio Perlstein collection)<br>Museum of Ixelles, Brussels. October, 2009 / Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, in collaboration with Régis Durand. February, 2010.
- Sam Samore, Schizophrenic Portrait, 1973-2009, a survey. Anne de Villepoix Gallery, Paris. September, 2009.
- Youpi, câÂÂest la rentrée ! Martine et Thibault de la Châtre Gallery, Paris. September, 2009.
- Vraoum ! bande-dessinée et art contemporain (Vraoum ! Comic strip and contemporary art). La Maison Rouge, Antoine de Galbert foundation, in collaboration with Pierre Sterckx. May, 2009.
- Jean-Marc Bustamante, Pedigree; Filomena Soares Gallery, Lisbon. January, 2009.
- Curating Contest, 16 curators, 16 propositions. La Louisiane hotel. Olivier Robert Gallery, Paris. December, 2007. Artists: Vlad & Alina Turco.
- Zan Jbai, Nothing happened / Nothing to tell you. Kamel Mennour Gallery, Paris. June, 2007.
- An Xiaotong, Absolute Images. Espace Saint-Honoré, Paris. February, 2007
- Busy going crazy, Sylvio Perlstein collection, art and photography from Dada to nowadays. La Maison Rouge, Antoine de Galbert foundation, Paris. October, 2006.
- Paper, Wallpaper, Plants & Venilia. Quang Gallery, Paris. January, 2005.
- Camila Oliveira Fairclough, Marie-Gabrielle Lou, Sylvain Rousseau & Olivier Babin. Heartgalerie, Paris. July, 2004.
- LâÂÂexpérience intérieure (Inner experience) (dance, poetry, installations, photography). Heartgalerie, Paris. June, 2004.
- Chen Zhen, âÂÂSilence sonoreâ (Chen Zhen, "Audible silence"). Performance and musical interpretation of âÂÂJue Chang â Dancing Body / Drumming Mind (The Last Song)âÂÂ. Palais de Tokyo, contemporary creation site, Paris. October, 2003.
- Le dancing III. Choreographic performance for the 30th anniversary of FIAC, MaximâÂÂs, Paris. October, 2003.
- Le Dancing II. Choreographic performance as part of the presentation of the contemporary photography collection of NSMD â ABN AMRO â Centre national de la photographie (National Photography Center), Paris. July, 2003.
- Le Dancing (choreographers and plastic artists), Michel Rein Gallery, Paris. May, 2003.
- Prière(s) (Prayers), co-curator and co-author of the catalogue, in collaboration with Pascal Bonafoux, Musée dâÂÂart et dâÂÂhistoire de Saint-Denis (Museum of Art and History of Saint-Denis), Saint-Denis. March, 2002. Endre Rozsda, lâÂÂÃ
Âuvre graphique, rétrospective (Endre Rozda, graphic work, retrospective). co-curator of the exhibition, editor of Budapest National Gallery, Budapest. June, 2001.
- Endre Rozsda, lâÂÂÃ
Âuvre peint, rétrospective (Endre Rozda, painted work, retrospective). co-curator of the exhibition, editor of Mucsarnok Palace, Budapest. May, 1998.
Publications (selection)
- Umberto Mariani, Skira, Milano, to be published, 2016.
- Mattotti / Infini, FHEL, Landerneau, 2015 ()
- Metamorphosis of the virtual, K11, Shanghai, 2014
- Endre Rozsda : Le temps retrouvé (with Rona Kopeczky and Peter Baki), MNG Budapest, 2013 (catalogue)
- Turbulences II, (with Pierre Sterckx), Fondation Boghossian, Brussels, 2013 (catalogue)
- Les Nouveaux horizons de lâÂÂarchitecture, Assouline, Paris, 2013 ()
- Turbulences (with Pierre Sterckx), Espace culturel Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2012 (catalogue)
- Neon, la materia luminosa dellâÂÂarte, Quodlibet, Rome, 2012 (catalogue) ()
- Néon, Archibooks / la maison rouge, Paris, 2012 (catalogue) ()
- Les Nouveaux horizons du design, Assouline, Paris, 2012
- Yang Yongliang, Thircuir, Beijing, 2011 ()
- Pascal Haudressy, Skira, Milano, 2011 ()
- Les Nouveaux horizons de lâÂÂart, Assouline, Paris, 2011
- Kata Legrady, Bombs and Candies, Skira, Milano, 2011 ()
- Contemplation / Contestation, Une collection dâÂÂart contemporain chinois, Trocadéro, Paris, 2010 (catalogue)
- Art Game Book, Histoire des Arts du 20e siècle, Assouline, Paris, 2010 ()
- La Photographie nâÂÂest pas lâÂÂart, Collection Sylvio Perlstein (with Régis Durand), Musée dâÂÂIxelles and Musées de Strasbourg, 2009 (catalogue)
- Jean-Marc Bustamante, Pedigree, Filomena Soares Gallery, Lisbon, 2009 (catalogue)
- Vraoum ! Bande-dessinée & art contemporain (with Pierre Sterckx), Fage & La maison rouge, Paris, 2009 (catalogue)
- Collection Sylvio Perlstein, Ludion, Gand, 2006
- Busy going crazy, collection Sylvio Perlstein, Fage et La maison rouge, Paris 2006 (catalogue)
- Christofle, Assouline, Paris, 2005 ()
- Louvre Game Book, Assouline, Paris, 2005 ()
- Wake Up, Damien Dufresne, Assouline, Paris, 2004 ()
- Chen Zhen, Invocation of Washing Fire, éd. Gli Ori, Siena-Prato, Italy, 2003. Directed by David Rosenberg and Xu Min ()
- Art Game Book, Histoire des Arts du XXème siècle, Assouline, Paris, 2003 ()
- Manoli, lâÂÂélan, la rencontre, monographie, Somogy, Paris, 2003 ()
- Rozsda, lâÂÂÃ
Âil en fête, Somogy, Paris, 2002. Directed by David Rosenberg. Texts by: Sarane Alexandrian, Dominique Desanti, Péter Esterhazy, Françoise Gilot, ÃÂdouard Jaguer, ÃÂrik Orsenna, André Breton and Joyce Mansour. ()
- Endre Rozsda, lâÂÂÃ
Âuvre graphique, Budapest National Gallery, 2001. Directed by David Rosenberg. Texts by : Sarane Alexandrian, Péter Esterhazy, François Fejtö, Françoise Gilot and Gabor Pataki (catalogue in French/Hungarian).
- Endre Rozsda, Mucsarnok, Budapest, 1998. Directed by David Rosenberg. Texts by: ÃÂrik Orsenna, Dr. Krisztina Passuth, interview with Endre Rozsda by David Rosenberg (catalogue in French/Hungarian).
Contributions and collective works
- Boris Lurie, Ed. Galerie Odile Ouizemann & Boris Lurie art Fondation, Paris, 2016
- Thinking Outside the Box / Andrei Proletski, Ed. Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, 2016
- Nicolas de Crécy, MEL Publisher, Paris, 2016
- Kata Legrady: Once upon a timeâ¦, Skira, Milano, 2014 ()
- André Brasilier, Skira, Milano, 2014 ()
- Miguel Chevalier, Power Pixels, CDA Enghien, ÃÂcritures Numériques, 2013
- Les Métamorphoses du Virtuel, Venice, 2013
- Kata Legrady, Mudima, Skira, Milano, 2013 ()
- Lorenzo Fernandez, Gal. Taménaga, Paris, 2012
- A History of Contemporary Chinese Photography, Gal. Paris-Beijing, Paris, 2012 ()
- Kata Legrady, Guns & Masks, Paris, 2011
- La Maison Rouge 2004-2009, Paris, 2010
- Philippe Pasqua, Paradise, Skira, Milano, 2010 ()
- Gao Brothers, Galerie Vallois, Paris, 2008
- Lu Feifei, Paris, 2008
- Elsa Sahal, Fondation Ricard, Particules, 2008
- Wang Du, Transréalité, Kestnergesellschaft, Hanover, 2007
- Snaked trip & co, vers la ligne rose, Sylvain Paris, La Cinquième Couche, Brussels, 2007
- Philippe Jusforgues, Galerie 1900-2000, Paris, 2006
- Destination Luang Prabang, Somogy, Paris, 2006 ()
- Eduardo Kac ⢠Move 36, Filigranes ÃÂditions, Paris, 2004 (edited by Elena Giuia Rosi, contributions and texts by: Elena Giuia Rosi, David Rosenberg, Frank Popper, Didier Ottinger, Linda Weintraub, Hugues Marchal) ()
- Prières, catalogue, Museum of Art and History of Saint-Denis and Somogy, Paris, 2002
References