Tony Labat

PROVENANCE: Courtesy of the Artist

“Wanderer” is from the series “Made in China.” Images culled from the Internet, there are 24 paintings in the series, all made in China. “Wanderer” is from the recent California fires.

Since the eighties, Cuban-born Tony Labat has developed a body of work in performance, video, sculpture, drawing and installation dealing with the body, popular culture, identity, urban relations, politics, and the media. Labat has exhibited internationally over the last 40 years, has received numerous awards and grants, and his work is in many private and public collections. Recent exhibitions include the 11th Havana Biennial; Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York; Anglim-Gilbert Gallery, San Francisco; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, ASU Art Museum, Phoenix, The Basque Museum, Spain. PAC, Milan, Italy, Figueroa-Vives Studio, Havana, Cuba. Marlborough Contemporary, New York.