Tal Rosenzweig (born 1967), known as Tal R, is a Danish artist based in
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...
.
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
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts ( da, Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi - Billedkunst Skolerne) has provided education in the arts for more than 250 years, playing its part in the development of the art of Denmark.
History
The Royal Dani ...
from 1994 to 2000.
Tal R's painting style is described as "kolbojnik", which means "left-overs",
a
Hebrew
Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...
word for "jack-of-all-trades."
He has shown work in exhibitions including ''Bicycle Thieves'' at Beret International Gallery in
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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, ''House of Prince'' at Douglas Hyde Gallery in
Dublin
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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 ...
in
London
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and ''Ars Fennica'' at Henna and Pertti Niemisto Art Foundation in
Helsinki
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...
.
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.
Notes
External links
Tal R at the Saatchi GalleryTal R on Daniel Richter - Daniel Richter on Tal R.Video interview by
Louisiana Channel
Louisiana Channel is a non-profit web-TV channel based at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebaek, Denmark.
By the end of the first year, 28 November 2013, Louisiana Channel had published 130 videos featuring international artists, film m ...
.
Tal R: The moon above Copenhagen.Video interview by
Louisiana Channel
Louisiana Channel is a non-profit web-TV channel based at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebaek, Denmark.
By the end of the first year, 28 November 2013, Louisiana Channel had published 130 videos featuring international artists, film m ...
.
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
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