David Robbins
Artist and writer
Tuesday, January 24, 2006

A regular contributor to magazines such as Real Life (in the 1980s), Purple Prose (in the 1990s), and Artforum , David Robbins is one of the first artists and critics to investigate the art world's entrance into the culture industry.   His work reflects on the spectacle of the art world, comedy, and the possible roles for the spectator in art.

Robbins has had numerous international solo exhibitions of his work and has recently been included in group exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; and the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France. He regularly publishes catalog essays, satires, and books, including a novella, The Ice Cream Social (1998).   A new collection of his essays, The Velvet Grind: Selected Essays, 1980-2004, will be published in early 2006. Robbins is currently an adjunct professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's MFA writing program.