Michail Grobman
Michail Grobman is an artist and a poet working in Israel and Russia. He is father to Hollywood producer Lati Grobman and Israeli architect Yasha Jacob Grobman.
Biography
- 1939 – Born in Moscow.
- 1960s – Active member of The Second Russian Avant-Garde movement in the Soviet Union.
- 1967 – Member of Moscow Artists Union.
- 1971 – Emigrates to Israel and settles in Jerusalem.
- 1975 – Founded the Leviathan group and art periodical.
- Since 1983, he lives and works mainly in Tel Aviv.
Awards
- In 2001, Grobman was a co-recipient of the Dizengoff Prize for Painting.
Solo exhibitions
- 2007 – Last Skies, Loushy & Peter Art & Projects, Tel Aviv
- 2006 – Creation From Chaos to Cosmos, Bar-David Museum of Fine Art and Judaica, Kibbutz Baram
- 2002 – The Last Sky, installation, Tsveta Zuzoritch pavilion, Belgrad
- 1999 – Michail Grobman: Works 1960–1998, The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
- 1998 – Picture = Symbol + Concept, Herzliya Museum of Art, Herzliya
- 1995 – Password and Image, University Gallery, Haifa University
- 1990 – Michail Grobman, Tova Osman Gallery, Tel Aviv
- 1989 – Michail Grobman, Tova Osman Gallery, Tel Aviv
- 1989 – The Beautiful Sixties in Moscow, The Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv
- 1988 – Michail Grobman: Künstler und Sammler, Art Museum, Bochum, Germany
- 1987 – Messiah, installation and performance in the streets of Jerusalem
- 1985 – Khlebnikov 100, performance in the streets of Acre, Jerusalem, Tiberias and Tel-Aviv
- 1984 – Michail Grobman, Zvi Noam Gallery, Beit Levik, Tel Aviv
- 1977 – Michail Grobman, Spertus Museum, Chicago
- 1977 – Performance in Judean desert
- 1973 – Michail Grobman, Negev Museum, Beer Sheva
- 1973 – Michail Grobman, Beth Uri and Rami Museum, Ashdot Yaacov
- 1972 – Michail Grobman, Nora Gallery, Jerusalem
- 1971 – Michail Grobman: Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
- 1966 – Michail Grobman, Projects Engineering Institute, Moscow
- 1965 – Michail Grobman, Artists House, Moscow
- 1965 – Michail Grobman, Energy Institute, Moscow
- 1965 – Michail Grobman, History Institute, Moscow
- 1965 – Michail Grobman, Usti-nad-Orlicy Theatre, Czechoslovakia
- 1959 – Michail Grobman, Mukhina Art Institute, Leningrad
Writing
- "Moscow Diaries", New Literary Observer, vol. 84, 2007 – in Russian
- Last Sky – Poems, New Literary Observer, Moscow, 2006 – in Russian
- "Poems and Articles", Symbol We: Jewish Anthology of Russian Literature, New Literary Observer, Moscow, 2003 – in Russian
- Leviathan: Diary 1963–1971, New Literary Observer, Moscow, 2002– in Russian
- "Leviathan. Manifestos", Zerkalo, vol. 19–20, 2002 – in Russian
- Military Notebooks – Poems, Leviathan Publishers, Tel Aviv, 2002 – in Russian
- "about Vladimir Jakovlev", Vladimir Jakovlev: Zivopis, Grafika, catalogue of the exhibition, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, 1995
- "The Enigma of Isaak Levitan", Isaak Levitan, 1860–1900: Sketches & Paintings, Exhibition Catalogue, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, 1991
- "About Malevich", Avant-Garde – Revolution – Avant-Garde: Russian Art from the Collection of Michail Grobman, Exhibition Catalogue, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, 1988
- "About Malevich", The Avant-Garde in Russia 1910–1930: New Perspectives, Exhibition Catalogue, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1980
- Leviathan, newspaper of modern art and literature, nos. 1–3 – in Russian
Selected bibliography
- Valentin Vorobiov, Vrag Naroda. Vospominania khudozhnika, New Literary Observer, Moscow, 2005
- Irina Alpatova, Drugoie Iskusstvo, Galart, Moscow, 2005
- Matthew Baigel, "Soviet Artists, Jewish Imagery: Selections from The Norton and Nancy Dodge"
- "Collection of Soviet Non-Conformist Art", Zimmerly Journal, vol. 2, 2004
- "A-Ya: Unofficial Russian Art Review", Art Chronic, Moscow, 2004
- Victor Pivovarov, Vlubleniy Agent, New Literary Observer, Moscow, 2001
- Lidya Sooster, My Sooster, Avinarius, Tallinn, 2000
- Gunter Hirt, Sascha Wonders, Präprintium, Moskauer Bücher aus dem Samizdat Edition Temmen, Bremen, 1998
- Alexander Goldstein, Rasstavanie s Nartsisom, New Literary Observer, Moscow, 1997
- "Interviews Michailom Grobmanom", Simurg, Jerusalem, 1997
- Marina Genkina, "Vtoroi Russkiy Avant-Garde", in Evrei v Kulture Russkogo Zarubezia, vol. 5, Jerusalem, 1996
- Anna Zhuravleva, Vsevolod Nekrasov, Paket, Moskow, 1996
- Michail Gorelik, "Russkij ili Russkojazytchnyy", Novoye Vremia, vol. 43, 1996
- Victoria Motchalova, "Energia Voproshania", Inostrannaia Literatura, vol. 2, February 1996
- Marc Scheps, The Art of the Twentieth Century: Lexicon, Taschen, Cologne, 1996
- Andrey Voznesensky, "Kabalisticheskaia Expertiza", Obozrevatel, vol. 12, December 1995
- Karl Eimermacher, Vladimir Jakovlev: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen Bayer, Bissingen, 1995
- E. Beaucamp, "Die Kunst sucht ihre Zeit", Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 22 July 1995
- Volfgang Kazak, "Konets Emigratsii", Znamia, November 1994
- Rossijskaia Evreiskaia Entsiklopedia, Rossijskaia Academia Nauk, Moskow, 1994
- Thomas Strauss, "Anschlag auf den Heiligenschein der Bilder", Magenta, Munchen, 1994
- V. Pavlov, "Popugay s Toporom", Iskusstvo, January 1994
- F. Raphael, "From the left Bank to the West Bank", Mirabella vol. 1, October 1990
- Thomas Strauss, "Bilder einer Gottessuche", Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 18 July 1988
- Michail Tchernyshov, Moskva 1961–67, New York, 1988
- F. Rotzer, "Kunstlergruppen zeigen Gruppenkunst-werke", Kunstforum, vol. 91, 1987
- Israel Shamir, Sosna i Oliva, Wahlstorm Publishers, Jerusalem, 1987
- Velemir Chlebnikov, Stichi, Poemi, Proza, Gileia, New York, 1986
- Alexander Glezer, Russian Artists in the West: Third Wave, Jersey City, 1986
- Marina Genkina, "Michail Grobman", The Shorter Encyclopaedia Judaica in Russian, vol. 3, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1986
- Stephen Feinstein, Soviet Jewish Artists in the USSR and Israel, Armonk, New York & M. E. Sharpe, London, 1985
- Rimma and Valery Gerlovin, "Russian Samyzhdat Books" Flue, vol. 2, New York, Spring 1982
- Viktor Tupitsin, "Russian Art", Kolkhoz, vol. 2, New York,1982
- A. Rovner, Gnosis Anthology, 2 vols, Gnosis Press, New York, 1982
- L. Bechtereva, Varianty Otrazenij, A-Ya, Paris, 1982
- A.Volochonsky, "Leviathan v Belom Svete", Dvadtsat Dva, 15, Tel Aviv, November 1980
- Frantishek Kincl, Schwarz auf Weiss, vol. 6, Düsseldorf, August 1980
- Miriam Tal: "Magischer Symbolismus in Israel: Werk und Personlichkeit von Michail Grobman" Das Neue Israel, vol. 3, Zurich, September 1974
- Yuri Kuperman, "No Places: The Jewish Outsiders in the Soviet Union", Soviet Jewish Affairs, vol. 2, London, Summer 1973
- Miriam Tal, "Two Russian Artists", Israel Magazine, vol. 11, November 1972
- Miriam Tal, "Les Arts en Israel", Liberté, vol. 82–83, Montreal, October 1972
- Miriam Tal, "Painters from Soviet Russia", Ariel, vol. 30, Spring 1972
- Reuven Berman, "Art out of Russia", The Jerusalem Post, 24 December 1971
- J. Nicholson, "La Nouvelle gauche a Moscou: notes sur quelques autres", Chroniques de I'art vivant, September 1971
- Arsen Pohridni, "I Clandestini del penello", Panorama 240, Milano, 19 November 1970
- A. M. Fabian, "Russische Avantgarde heute", Madame und Elegante Welt, Munchen, 1970
- Arsen Pohribny, "Art and Artists of the Underground", Problems of Communism, Washington, March–April 1970
- Asiaticus, "I pittori del disegno", L'Espresso Colore, Roma, 16 March 1970
- W. Schulze-Roempell, "Russische Avantgarde", Die Welt, 27 February 1970
- G. Engels, "Moskaus Avantgarde herausgeschmug-gelt", Kolnische Rundschau, 5 February 1970
- V. Vanslov, Sovetskoe Izobrazitelnoe Iskusstvo i Zadachi Borby S Burzhuaznoj Ideologiei, Izobrazitelnoe Iskusstvo, Moskow, 1969
- Dušan Konečny, Hledání Tvaru, Svei Sovetu, Prague, 1968
- Jindřich Chalupecký, "Ouverture a Moscou", Opus International, no. 4, London, 4 December 1967
- Miroslav Lamač, "Quelques jeunes peintres", Opus International, no. 4, London, 4 December 1967
- Jindřich Chalupecký, "O Moderno Urneni v Sovetskern Svazu", Vytvarne Prace, Prague, 21 September 1967
- Jiři Padrata, "Neue Kunst in Moskau", Das Kunstwerk, vol. 7–8, Baden-Baden, April-May 1967
- Miroslav Lamač, "I giovani pittori di Mosca", La Biennale die Venezia, vol. 62, Venezia, 1967
- Jiři Padrata, "Neue Kunst in Moskau", Kulturni Tvotba, Prague, 5 January 1967