David Robbins (artist)

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David Robbins (born 1957 in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.) is an artist best known for his exhibition entitled Talent.

Video work includes: Lift; Studying the Lie (with Bobby Ciraldo, Andrew Swant, and Ray Chi), winner of the Milwaukee International Film Festival's 24-Hour Video Competition; The Ice Cream Social, winner of the Sundance TV Lab competition; and an episode of The Street for Fox Television.

He has written a number of books, including: The Velvet Grind: Essays, Interviews, Satires 1984-2005; The Ice Cream Social; The Dr. Frankenstein Option; Foundation Papers from the Archives of the Institute for Advanced Comedic Behavior; and The Camera Believes Everything.

[edit] External links

• David Robbins on the Internet Movie Database
• The Ice Cream Social novella
• The Velvet Grind
• Article about David Robbins
• Image from The Ice Cream Social television pilot
• Forming Fun Discussion between David Robbins and Hans Ulrich Obrist published in X-TRA : Contemporary Art Quarterly