Roee Rosen
(b. 1963 in Rehovot, Israel, lives and works in B'nai Zion, Israel)
Roee Rosen's paintings, films, and writings have become known for their historical and theological consciousness, novelistic imagination, and psychological ambition. His work addresses the representation of history, the political economy of memory, and the politics of identity, often exploring the tension between trauma, horror, humor, and truth.
In untold variations, he typically links current Israeli and world politics with mythical and political references to European and Jewish history. Using a vast array of fictional characters and iconographic motifs and codes, Rosen frequently refers to, and transforms, not only the canon of the historical avant-garde and transgressive traditions from the Marquis de Sade to Georges Bataille, but also popular media, political propaganda, and classic children's fairy tales.
Roee Rosen teaches art and art history at Bezalel Academy of Art and at Beit Berl College. In 1997 Rosen’s controversial exhibition Live and Die as Eva Braun at The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, was aggressively attacked by Israeli politicians. It won critical praise, however, for its new approach to the representation of the memory of the Holocaust.
Rosen took part in Steirischer Herbst, Graz, with the performance Kafka for Kids (2018). His solo exhibition Histoires dans la pénombre (Stories in the Dark) was on view at Centre Pompidou, Paris, and the restrospective of his filmic work Douce sueur (Sweet Sweat) presented at Centre Pompidou in collaboration with Jeu de Paume, Paris (2018). His one-person projects, screenings, and exhibitions have been shown at Tel Aviv Museum of Art; Edith-Russ-Haus for Media Art, Oldenburg, Germany (both 2016), Center of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv (2009). His work was part of Athens Biennale (2018) and documenta 14 (2017).
Rosen has taken part in numerous international film festivals such as Transmediale, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany; FIDMarseille International Film Festival, Marseille; The International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany, Viennale International Film Festival, Vienna; Rotterdam International Film Festival; DOK LEIPZIG, amongst others. Screenings in public institutions include BOZAR, Brussels, Belgium (2015), MUMOK, Vienna (2014), Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany (2013), Tate Modern, London, UK (2010).
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Dzerzhinsky’s Sermon on the Mount (Big Felt I), 2017
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The Dust Channel, 2016
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The Buried Alive Videos, 2013
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Two Women and a Man, 2005
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Astrological Paranoia #11, A Stars' Star, 2017
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Astrological Paranoia #17, Beria Kills Babel, 2014
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Astrological Paranoia #14, Dinner at Silvio's, 2014
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Astrological Paranoia #5, Sick Jewish Skies, 2012
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Preparatory Sketch #5 for Vladimir’s Night, 2011-12
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Preparatory Sketch #8 for Vladimir’s Night, 2011-12
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Preparatory Sketch #22 for Vladimir’s Night, 2011-12
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Preparatory Sketch #33 for Vladimir’s Night, 2011-12
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Roee Rosen
The Buried Alive Cycle 8 Jun - 15 Aug 2019For the Buried Alive Cycle, Roee Rosen created the fictive story of an ex-Soviet Russian artist collective circled around the poet and artist Maxim Komar-Myshkin who supposedly emigrated to Tel...Read more -
Group Exhibition
Thinking Ahead 24 Oct 2018 - 31 Jan 2019Erna Hecey is delighted to invite you to the inauguration of her new space in Luxembourg, with the group exhibition Thinking Ahead. 'Thinking means venturing beyond,' German philosopher Ernst Bloch...Read more
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Live and Die as Eva Braun and Other Intimate Stories
Roee Rosen Roee Rosen, 2017 16.5×23 cm, 252 pages
Publisher: Sternberg Press, co-published with Edith-Russ-Haus für Medienkunst Read more -
Roee Rosen, A Group Exhibition
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The Blind Merchant
Roee Rosen Roee Rosen, 2016 21.6 × 27.8 cm, 312 pages
Publisher: Sternberg Press
ISBN: 978-3-95679-186-4 Read more -
Vladimir’s Night
Maxim Komar-Myshkin (Roee Rosen) Roee Rosen, 2014 20×30 cm, 174 pages
Publisher: Sternberg Press, co-published with Galeria Labirynt
ISBN: 978-3-95679-059-1 Read more -
Sweet Sweat
Justine Frank (Roee Rosen) Roee Rosen, 2009 15×20 cm, 238 pages
Publisher: Sternberg Press, co-published with Extra City Kunsthal Antwerpen
ISBN: 978-1-933128-66-5 Read more -
Desire and Dust
Roee Rosen Roee Rosen, 2020 Read more
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ROEE ROSEN | LUCY IS SICK: Conversation
6 December 2020 - Online video call November 3, 2020LUCY IS SICK Artist Roee Rosen in conversation with curator Chen Tamir Online video call, details provided with RSVP Sunday 6 December, 11:00am EST Join...Read more -
Roee Rosen | Lucy Is Sick, A Coloring Book
Book Release October 15, 2020Roee Rosen has recently published a colouring book with Paranoia TV entitled Lucy Is Sick / Lucy ist Krank (2020). Lucy first appeared nearly thirty...Read more -
Roee Rosen | FID Marseille 2020 Film Award
22 JULY - 26 JULY 2020 September 9, 2020Erna Hecey is delighted to announce that Roee Rosen received two awards this year at the 31st International Film Festival in Marseille for his film...Read more