"New Line Continued" 2018
Oil on canvas
77' x 101' inches / 196 x 257 cm
David Drebin
In a unique manner, David Drebin's work combines voyeuristic and psychological viewpoints. He offers the viewer a dramatic insight into emotions and experiences which many of us have doubtlessly felt at some point of our lives. After graduating from Parsons School of Design in New York City in 1996, David Drebin rapidly made a name for himself as an internationally renowned photographer creating images of movie stars,sports personalities and various entertainers and subsequently was commissioned for countless high profile advertising campaigns around the world. In 2005, Drebin had his first solo exhibition at Camera Work in Berlin.
This was followed by his first comprehensive illustrated book entitled Love and Other Stories in 2007 and this zeitgeist moment signaled the transformation from commercial photographer into art photographer.
Drebin's photographs are epic, dramatic and, above all, cinematic and have been collected around the world.
In a unique and opulent way, Drebin stages femme fatales against the gigantic backdrops of cities such as Hong Kong, New York, and Paris. The panorama of the big cities, which, due to their format, are a tribute to cinema, serve as cinematic settings. With their impressive skyscrapers, they provide the viewer with a nearly infinite surface for the imagination.
The distinctive tension and depth in his pictures arise from the free combination of such differing topics as humor and sex, melancholy and sex, and melancholy and humour.
At Art Miami in 2010, his now sold out Central Park sold for a record price of $78,000 through Contessa Gallery who has featured Drebin in major Art Fairs since 2008 alongside art world legends Andy Warhol, Chuck Close and Helmut Newton.
Exclusively publishing books with (www.teNeues.com) his books are distributed around the world and often followed with exhibitions in Paris, New York, Miami, Istanbul, Amsterdam, Brussels and many other cities Internationally.
Drebin is represented by the world's finest Art Galleries including Camera Work,Galerie de Bellefeuille, Contessa Gallery, Photographers Limited Editions,Young Gallery and Fahey Klein.
EXHIBITIONS
2004 "I Love You Too", Gallery One, Toronto, Canada
2005 Unbounded Youth, Fahey Klein Gallery, Los Angeles
Photographien, Camera Work, Berlin, Germany
2006 Quartier 206, Berlin, Germany
2007 Love & Other Stories, Young Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Love & Other Stories, Fahey Klein Gallery, Los Angeles
2008 Sexy Funny, Funny Sexy, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
ArtCentre The Willem, Vlissingen, The Netherlands
Group exhibition Fashion Show, Camera Work, Berlin
Traumfrauen, Haus der Photographie, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
Dreamscapes, W Hotel, Los Angeles
2009 "Dreamscapes and Girls", Brucie Gallery in Kiev, Ukraine
2010 "David Drebin", Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Canada
Dramatic, Epic, Cinematic", Contessa Gallery in Cleveland
Fashion! Featured Group Museum Show Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden
"The Morning After" at Camera Work in Berlin
"The Morning After" Book Launch at Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden
"The Morning After", Ellipsis Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
"Temptation" at Fahey Klein Gallery in Los Angeles
"David Drebin", MolaArt, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011 "New Work" at Contessa Gallery
"Best of David Drebin", Photographers Limited Editions in Vienna
"David Drebin", Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal,Canada
"The Morning After", Rhein Gallery, Bonn, Germany
2012 "David Drebin", Galerie de Bellefeuille,Montreal, Canada
"Beautiful Disasters", Rize Art Gallery, Amsterdam,Holland
"Beautiful Disasters", Camera Work,Berlin
"Photographs", Contessa Gallery
"Beautiful Disasters", Book Launch at Fotografiska,Stockholm,Sweden
"Second Tour", Young Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2013 "Camera Work 15 Years", Berlin, Germany
"Chambre Avec Vue", Acte2 Gallery, Paris, France
"Dreamscapes", Photography Limited Editions,Vienna
"Beautiful Disasters", Room 8 Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2014 "David Drebin" Galerie de Bellefeuille,Montreal, Canada
"Facing The City",Opiom Gallery, Cannes,France
2015 "David Drebin" Galerie de Bellefeuille,Montreal, Canada
"Chasing Paradise" Contessa Gallery"
"Chasing Paradise" Camera Work, Berlin
ART FAIRS
Photo London 2006
Paris Photo 2006
Photo London 2007
Paris Photo 2007
Art Zurich 2008
Pulse Art Fair, NYC 2008
Art Miami 2008
Art Chicago 2009
art Toronto 2009
Art Miami 2009
Art Palm Beach 2010
Art Chicago 2010
Armory Show 2010, New York City
Art Zurich 2010
Art Miami 2011
Art Palm Beach 2011
Art Chicago 2011
Art Naples 2011
Scope Basel Switzerland 2011
Art Toronto 2011
Istanbul Contemporary 2011
Art Miami 2011
Art Palm Beach 2012
Art Naples 2012
Raw Art Fair,Rotterdam,Netherlands 2012
Scope NYC 2012
Art Southhampton 2012
Art Greenwich 2012
Art Toronto 2012
Paris Photo 2012
Istanbul Contemporary 2012
Art Miami 2012
Art Palm Beach 2012
Art Wynwood 2012
Art Southampton 2012
Art Miami 2013
Art Palm Beach 2013
Art Wynwood 2013
Art Southampton 2013
Art LA 2014
Art Wynwood 2014
Art Palm Beach 2014
Art Toronto 2014
Art Basel Hong Kong 2014
Art Southampton 2014
Art Chicago 2014
Art Miami 2014
Art Wynwood 2015
Photo London 2015
Photo Shanghai 2015
Art Miami/New York 2015
Art Southampton 2015
Art Toronto 2015
Art Miami 2015
PUBLICATIONS
"Love And Other Stories" published by Daab 2007
"Conde Nast Traveler's - Room with A View" published by Assouline 2010
"The Morning After" published by teNeues 2010
"New York, A Photographers City" published by Rizzoli 2010
"Manny Pacquiao" published in 2012
"Beautiful Disasters" published by teNeues 2012
"The Wemhoner Collection" published in 2012
"Chasing Paradise" published by teNeues 2015
New York CIty
Selfie
122 x 183 cm
Hide and Seek
122 x 183 cm
Flashing the City
122 x 183 cm
Big City Spy
122 x 183 cm