id: 157439 accession number: 1994.291 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1994.291 updated: 2024-03-26 02:00:19.431000 A Family Altar Beside a Canal, Bangkok, 1986. Leo Rubinfien (American, b. 1953). Chromogenic process color print; image: 49.2 x 60 cm (19 3/8 x 23 5/8 in.); paper: 49.7 x 60.3 cm (19 9/16 x 23 3/4 in.); matted: 71.1 x 81.3 cm (28 x 32 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Cynthia N. Mayer in memory of Estelle Johnson 1994.291 title: A Family Altar Beside a Canal, Bangkok title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1986 creation date earliest: 1986 creation date latest: 1986 current location: creditline: Gift of Cynthia N. Mayer in memory of Estelle Johnson copyright: --- culture: America, 20th century technique: chromogenic process color print department: Photography collection: PH - American 1951-Present type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Leo Rubinfien (American, b. 1953) - artist Leo Rubinfien American, 1953- Leo Rubinfien is an art critic, photographer, filmmaker, and educator. A student of philosophy and literature at Reed College in Oregon, Rubinfien went on to study photography at the California Institute of the Arts (B.F.A, 1974) and Yale University (1976). He then worked for two years as a critic, contributing more than 125 articles, essays, and reviews to major periodicals, including Artforum, Art in America, and the Village Voice. From 1980-88 Rubinfien made an extensive series of color photographs that concentrated on Asian subjects from Burma, Japan, India, Thailand, and Indonesia. The series was shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1992), the Seibu Art Forum, Tokyo (1993), the Cleveland Museum of Art (1994), and the Seattle Art Museum (1995) and was published in 1992 as A Map of the East. Rubinfien (born in Chicago) has won several awards, including fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1983, 1992) and the Asian Cultural Council (1984). He also has had some success as a filmmaker. The Money Juggler (1988) was screened at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, as part of its New Directors, New Films festival (1989) and was included in the American Film Institute/Los Angeles International Film Festival (1989). Rubinfien lives in Croton-on-Hudson, New York. A.W. --- measurements: Image: 49.2 x 60 cm (19 3/8 x 23 5/8 in.); Paper: 49.7 x 60.3 cm (19 9/16 x 23 3/4 in.); Matted: 71.1 x 81.3 cm (28 x 32 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Written in black ink on verso: "Leo Rubinfien [signed]. A Family Altar Beside a Canal, Bangkok, 1986" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. page number: Reproduced: P. 310 url: --- IMAGES