Leo Rubinfien: The City Beside You, The City Inside You
Sept. 8 - Oct. 24, 2015
Leo Rubinfien
In Times Square, New York, 2010
30 x 60 in.
Archival pigment with silkscreen varnish, printed 2013
Leo Rubinfien
Moscow, At the Kiev Station, from the project "Wounded Cities", 2003
Archival pigment with silkscreen varnish, printed 2013, 12 x 14 1/2 in.
Leo Rubinfien
On Lower Broadway, New York, 2006
30 x 60 in.
Archival pigment with silkscreen varnish, printed 2013
Leo Rubinfien
London, In Piccadilly Circus, from the book "Wounded Cities", 2004
Leo Rubinfien
New York, At Canal Street and Broadway, from the book "Wounded Cities"
Leo Rubinfien
Istanbul, at Taksim Square, from the book "Wounded Cities", 2004
Leo Rubinfien
New York, At Canal Street and Broadway, from the book "Wounded Cities", 2004
Leo Rubinfien
Jerusalem, on the Tel Aviv Highway, from the book "Wounded Cities", 2005
Leo Rubinfien
Karachi, in Motan Das Market, from the book "Wounded Cities", 2008
Leo Rubinfien
London, in Regent Street, from the book "Wounded Cities", 2003
Leo Rubinfien
Seoul, in Myong-Dong, from the book "Wounded Cities", 2003
Leo Rubinfien
Tokyo, at Shinkuku Station, from the book "Wounded Cities", 2003
Leo Rubinfien
New York, At Canal Street and Broadway, from the book "Wounded Cities", 2003
Leo Rubinfien
Manila, on Taft Avenue, from the book "Wounded Cities", 2005
Leo Rubinfien
At the Ropeway Station, Mt. Aso, from the book "A Map of the East", 1980
Leo Rubinfien
A Makeshift Kitchen, Shanghai, from the book "A Map of the East", 1983
Leo Rubinfien
Cherry Blossom Viewing at Miyajima, from the book "A Map of the East", 1984
Leo Rubinfien
At Akasaka-Mitsuke, Tokyo, from the book "A Map of the East", 1984
Leo Rubinfien
A View from a Bridge, Chungking, from the book "A Map of the East", 1984
Leo Rubinfien
A Toy Seller, Hong Kong, from the book "A Map of the East", 1984
Leo Rubinfien
In a Back Street, Shanghai, from the project "A Map of the East", 1986
Leo Rubinfien
In a Back Street, Chungking, from the book "A Map of the East", 1986
Leo Rubinfien
In a Back Street, Bangkok, from the book "A Map of the East", 1987
Leo Rubinfien
A Father and Children, Banjarmasin, from the book "A Map of the East", 1987
Leo Rubinfien
Government Men Making New Years Calls, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo, from the book "A Map of the East", 1988
Leo Rubinfien
Along the Peripherique Nord, Paris, 1993
Archival pigment, printed 2014
19 x 23 in
Edition of 15
Leo Rubinfien
On the Kurfurstenstrasse, Berlin, 1996
Archival pigment, printed 2014
19 x 23 in
Edition of 15
Leo Rubinfien, Moscow, At Okhotny Ryad, from the project "Wounded Cities", 2003
Archival pigment with silkscreen varnish, printed 2013, 12 x 14 1/2 in.
Leo Rubinfien
A Ruined House, Hot, Thailand, from the book "A Map of the East", 1985
Archival digital, printed 2013, 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)
Leo Rubinfien
A Ruined Tank Turret, near Quang Tri, Vietnam, from the book "A Map of the East", 1984
Archival digital, printed 2013, 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)
Leo Rubinfien, A Ruined Gun Tower, near Quang Tri, Vietnam, from the book "A Map of the East", 1984
Archival digital, printed 2013, 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)
Leo Rubinfien
In a Back Street, Jakarta, from the book "A Map of the East", 1987
Archival digital, printed 2013, 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)
Leo Rubinfien
A Motor Rickshaw, Manila, from the project "A Map of the East", 1986
Archival digital, printed 2013, 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)
Leo Rubinfien
On the Road to Pangandaran, West Java, from the project "A Map of the East", 1987
Archival digital, printed 2013, 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)
Leo Rubinfien
Bar Girls in a Back Street, Olongapo, Philippines, from the project "A Map of the East", 1986
Archival digital, printed 2013, 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)
Every year in Rome the International Photography Festival takes place, which commissions a different important photographer a project on the city. Among the many who have participated, we selected four Italian photographers: Olivo Barbieri, Gabriele Basilico, Marco Delogu and Paolo Ventura. We have also added a New York photographer, Leo Rubinfien, who is currently on assignment. Each photographer conveyed his signature style and his identity, but we felt that these particular chosen works shared a common sensitivity toward the beauty of the capital of Italy.
The Brooklyn Rail sat down with the long-time colleagues and friends to talk through the ways in which their practices intertwine and bolster each other’s art.
This solo exhibition, Rubinfien's second with the gallery, will feature 17 color photographs selected from his series A Map of the East, which he made in Japan and other parts of Asia between 1980 and 1987.
