Ilya Rabinovich

LOT 95 ILYA RABINOVICH ISRAELI, B. 1965 ILYA RABINOVICH-LUAN NEL, KISHENIEV - JOHANNESBURG 500—700 EUR measurements 80 x 80 cm / 31.5 x 31.5" Description 1999 c-print mounted on dibond behind plexiglassedition 1/5 PROVENANCE donated by the artistcourtesy: MB Agency, Amsterdam EXHIBITED Some recent solo exhibitions MB Agency, Amsterdam2010Hexgaleries, Heks 2008, 'Parking lots project Berlin and Places1993-2006'Brummelkamp Galerie, Amsterdam 2007, 'On transition'Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam 2003, 'Passing through 1994-2002'Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg 2002, 'Parking places, Berlin,2001' Some recent group exhibitions Museum voor Moderne KunstArnhem, 2009, 'Subliminal Dialogues'Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven 2008, 'Be(com)ing Dutch'Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, 2008, 'Eventually we'll die.Young art in Israel of the nineties' LITERATURE AND REFERENCES Selected publications Roel Stavorinus, WicherMeijer, Breda photo 2008 : Heimat hotel, Breda: Bredaphoto 2008Piet de Rooy [et al.], Het andere huis van Anne Frank:geschiedenis en toekomst van een schrijvershuis , Bussum: Toth2006 Selected public and corporate collections DeNederlandsche Bank, NL • Herzliya Museum, IL CATALOGUE NOTE The static yet enigmatic photographs of Ilya Rabinovich dealwith issues of identity against the background of socialstructures. The focus of Rabinovich's practice lies on places thatare subjected to radical changes. In 2005 he photographed theinteriors of Hotel Rossiya (Moscow) shortly before its demolition.In this project he finds a connection with his background cultureby investigating how power and authority were/are presented in theformer ussr, and nowadays Russia. Kisheniev – Johannesburg is acollaborative project with Luan Nel (ra 1998-1999) about theirplaces of origin. Although they come from two remote countries,there are certain similarities. Both places have in a sense'changed hands'. Moldova changed from a communist state to what isconsidered a democracy. Johannesburg has/is changing from anapartheid city to a cosmopolitan metropolis. Rabinovich made twoseries of photographs of Kisheniev and Johannesburg respectively.Nel made a series of paintings concentrating on Johannesburg andKisheniev and deals with the idea of memory and the sometimesillusive character of it. Ilya Rabinovich was resident artist at the Rijksakademie in1998-1999.www.rhiz.eu/person-33501-en.htmlwww.ilyarabinovich.blogspot.com