Artists

Philip Rantzer

Available Work

Work

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Philip Rantzer, America

Philip Rantzer
America
2005
das, canvas, iron, plaster, ram's skull, sponge, synthetic hair, adhesive tape, black ink, acrylic and fimo
165X36X40 cm
at the artist's studio

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Philip Rantzer, America

Philip Rantzer
America
2005
das, canvas, iron, plaster, ram's skull, sponge, synthetic hair, adhesive tape, black ink, acrylic and fimo
165X36X40 cm
at the artist's studio

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Philip Rantzer, Asia

Philip Rantzer
Asia
2005
das, canvas, iron, shoe laces, wood, synthetic hair, acrylic and fimo
81X83.5X90 cm
at the artist's studio private collection

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Philip Rantzer, Australia

Philip Rantzer
Australia
2005
das, canvas, synthetic fur, plaster, nylon, iron, paper, acrylic and fimo
203X76X50 cm
at the artist's studio

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Philip Rantzer, Europe

Philip Rantzer
Europe
2005
das, canvas, wooden stool, black ink, synthetic hair, acrylic and fimo
3X107X41 cm
at the artist's studio

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Philip Rantzer, Tree Cooks

Philip Rantzer
Tree Cooks
2002
mixed media, formica table and skeleton
164X192X108 cm
collection of the Haifa Museum of Art

Exhibitions at GG

2017
Bicycle Cart
November 2nd, 2017 - December 2nd, 2017
2016
Melancholic Portrait
February 4, 2016 - March 2, 2016
2014
A Two Part Exhibition
May 1, 2014 - May 9, 2014
2011
Fleur de Savane
June 23, 2011 - July 23, 2011
2008
So, What Do You See Now
July 2008
2007
Le Grand Bazar
February 2007
2021
Shall I Bring the Circles
September 2, 2021 - October 9, 2021
2022
The Large Painting and Small Sculptures
December 31, 2022 – January 21, 2022

Studio Visit

Biography

Philip Rantzer talks about his work – Bambi
Born in Romania, 1958
Immigrated to Israel, 1960
Lives and works in Tel-Aviv

1979-1981

Art Teachers’ Training College, Ramat Hasharon

1993

MA, Art Teachers’ Training College, Beit Berl

1995

Senior Lecturer, Department of Fine Art, University of Haifa

2002-2007

Head of the Department of Fine Art, University of Haifa

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1980

Shinar Gallery, Tel Aviv

1984

“Family Paintings”, Prose Gallery, Tel Aviv

The Aquarium Gallery, Tel Aviv

1985

Ehad Haam 90 Gallery, Tel Aviv

1987

“Down with Progress”, Artifact, Tel Aviv

1988

“From the Diary of a Freedom Fighter”, Janco Dada Museum, Israel

Rega Gallery, Tel Aviv

“Window Displays & Flower Arrangements”, Sara Levi Gallery, Tel Aviv

1990

“Hands”, Artifact Gallery, Tel Aviv

“Question Mark Exclamation Mark”, Oranim, the Art Institute’s Gallery

1991

“The Gun, the Knife, the Candle and the Notebook”, Tel Aviv Artists’ Studios

1992

Artifact Gallery, Tel Aviv

“Sometimes I Get a Hankering for My Wife”, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

1993

Artifact Gallery, Tel Aviv

Hof & Huyser Gallery, Amsterdam

1994

“I Love Art and Art Loves Me”, City Museum, Gottingen, Germany

1995

Artifact Gallery, Tel Aviv

Ashlers Gallery, Gottingen, Germany

Municipal Gallery, Bremen, Germany

1996

City Gallery, Gutersloh, Germany

“The Nes Ziona Box”, the Tel Aviv Artists’ Studios

City Museum, Erfurt, Germany

1997

Municipal Gallery, Bremen, Germany

1998

“White Dreams”, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv

Municipal Gallery, Celle, Germany

Drawings”, Ashlers Gallery, Gottingen, Germany

“Drawings”, Galerie David, Bielefeld, Germany

1999

Venice Biennale Italy

2000

“La Cura Di Bellezza” (‘Beauty Treatment’), Montemarcello, Italy (cat)

“The Class”, Alon High School of Arts Gallery, Ramat Hasharon

“Work from the Venice Biennale”, Herzliya Museum

2001

Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv

2001-2003

“3 projects” (limited editions), Loushy Art Editions, Tel Aviv

2002

Tel Aviv Museum, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion

2003

The National Museum for Contemporary Art, Bucharest Romania

Nachshon Gallery, kibbutz Nachshon

2005

“The Five Continents”, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

2008

“So, What Do You See Now?”, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

2010

“Look Back in Anger”, Tefen Open Museum , Tefen

2011

“Fleur De Savane”, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

2016

“Melancholic Portrait 1976 – 2016”, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

2017

Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

Selected Group Exhibitions

1982

“Invited Guests”, Naomi Givon Art Gallry, Tel Aviv

1983

Ehad Haam 90 Gallery, Tel Aviv

Artists’ House, Jerusalem

1984

Eighty Years of Sculpture, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

1986

Kalisher 5 Gallery, Tel Aviv

1987

“Available Materials”, Art Workshop Gallery, Yavne

Rega Gallery, Tel Aviv

Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv

1988

Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Brooklyn Museum, New York

1989

Ramat Gan Museum

1990

Sculpture Biennale, Ein Hod

1991

Ramat Gan Museum

“Place and Mainstream: Contemporary Israeli Sculpture”, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo

“Fresh Paint: The Younger Generation in Israeli Art”, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

1992

Documenta IX, Kassel, Germany

Anlix Gallery, Geneva

1993

The Artists’ Museum, Lodz, Poland

“Antipathos: Black Humor, Irony and Cynicism in Contemporary Israeli Art”, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Artists’ Studios, Tel Aviv

“Sculpture Exhibition”, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

“Artists’ Shoes”, Antwerp, Belgium

1994

“Halal” (‘Space’), Sala 1 Gallery, Rome

Tel Hai 94, Sculpture Mountain, Tel Hai

Sagacho Exhibit Space, Tokyo

“The Mirrors Room”, Art Focus

“Friends”, Haifa Museum of Art

“The Opening Show of the Gallery and Artists Studios”, Pyramida, Haifa

“Exclamation Mark”, City Gallery, Kfar Sabba

1995

“Object / Subject”, Herzliya Museum

Artists’ Studios, Tel Aviv

“Dialogues of Peace”, UN Building, Geneva

“From the Rita and Arthuro Schwarz Collection of Israeli Art”, The Israel Museum

“Small Sculpture”, Chelouche Gallery, Tel Aviv

1996

The Jewish Museum, Melbourne, Australia

Link Gallery, Berlin, Germany

Limbus Gallery, Tel Aviv

1997

“A Passion for Books”, Tel Aviv Museum

“Desert Cliché: Israel Now – Local Images”, Bass Museum of Art, Miami; Grey Art Gallery, New York University

Klugman Gallery, Paris

“Stad(t)t-art”, Guterslo, Germany

1998

“Video Art”, Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany

1999

“The 20th Anniversary of the Heitland Foundation Award”, Kunsthalle, Darmstadt, Germany

“Good Kids, Bad Kids: Childliness in Israel Art”, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

“Art Focus: International Biennale of Contemporary Art”, Jerusalem

“T-Shirt”, Ramat Gan Museum

“To the East”, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

2000

Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv

“Israeli Sculpture”, The Open Museum, Tefen

“Love at First Sight: Works from the Arthuro Schwarz Collection”, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

“Object of Desire”, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

2001

“Sponky”, Exit Art, New York

“A Wall of My Own”, Benno Kalev Collection, Tel Aviv Museum

2002

“September 11th”, The Berlin Culture Center

“The Height of the Popular”, Tel Aviv Museum

“The Borders of Sculpture”, The Open Museum, Tefen

2002-2003

“The Return to Zion: Beyond the Place Principle”, Time for Art, Tel Aviv

2003

“Biblical Sandals”, Comme Il Faut, Tel Aviv

2005

“Handwriting”, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

2006

“Consider This…”, Los Angeles County Meseum of Art (LACMA)

“Detail”, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

2009

“The Three Loci”, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

2012

“After”, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

2015

“Paper-Photography: Works on paper and Photographs from the 1970’s”, Gordon Gallery 2, Tel Aviv

Selected Publications

Aharonson, Meir. Memory as History, History as Memory. Venice: Israeli Pavilion, Venice Biennale, 1999
Direktor, Ruth. The Nes Ziona Box. Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv Artists’ Studios, 1996
Edelsztein, Serjio. Exhibition at Artifact Gallery. Tel Aviv: Artifact Gallery, 1993
Giacinto, Di Pietrantonio. Beauty Treatment. Milano: Libri Scheiwiller, 2000
Herns, Kerstin. I Love Art and Art Loves Me. Gottingen: City Museum, 1995
KCHO + Rantzer. Neve Zedek: Hamivne Gallery, 2000
Manor, Dalia. From the Diary of a Freedom Fighter. Ein Hod: Janco Dada Museum, 1988
Salhuv, Shva, and Varda Steinlauf. Solo Exhibition Catalogue. Tel Aviv: The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2002
The Gun, the Knife, the Candle and the Notebook. Tel Aviv Artists’ Studios, 1991