Tal Rosenzweig (born 1967), known as Tal R, is a Danish artist based in

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Life and work

Tal R was born in

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

and moved to Denmark with his family when he was one year old. He studied at Billedskolen, Copenhagen, from 1986 to 1988 and at the

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from 1994 to 2000. Tal R's painting style is described as "kolbojnik", which means "left-overs", a

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word for "jack-of-all-trades." He has shown work in exhibitions including ''Bicycle Thieves'' at Beret International Gallery in

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, ''House of Prince'' at Douglas Hyde Gallery in

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, ''The Gallery Show'' at the

Royal Academy of Art The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its purpo ...

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and ''Ars Fennica'' at Henna and Pertti Niemisto Art Foundation in

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. Tal R currently teaches at the

Kunstakademie Düsseldorf The Kunstakademie Düsseldorf is the academy of fine arts of the state of North Rhine Westphalia at the city of Düsseldorf, Germany. Notable artists who studied or taught at the academy include Joseph Beuys, Gerhard Richter, Magdalena Jetelová ...

2019 legal action

In 2019, two Faroese artists bought one of Tal R's paintings, ''Paris Chic'', and announced plans to cut it up and use pieces of the canvas as decorative faces for a line of luxury wristwatches. Tal R launched a successful action at the Maritime and Commercial Court of Denmark to stop the artists from destroying the work.

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External links

Tal R at the Saatchi GalleryTal R on Daniel Richter - Daniel Richter on Tal R.
Video interview by Louisiana Channel.
Tal R: The moon above Copenhagen.
Video interview by Louisiana Channel. Danish contemporary artists Danish painters Jewish Danish artists Israeli painters Israeli contemporary artists Kunstakademie Düsseldorf faculty Recipients of the Eckersberg Medal Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni Artists from Copenhagen 1967 births Living people {{Israel-painter-stub