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Photographer and multidisciplinary artist David Drebin on the transitory nature of home. When we speak on the phone, David Drebin is at home, sort of. It is early July and the New York\u2013based photographer and multidisciplinary artist is spending the summer in Toronto, where he was born and raised. But, he stresses, he is not here for R&R, taking it easy or chilling. \u201cI don\u2019t really relax and unwind, or take a break, because I love what I do,\u201d he says. He\u2019s working on post-production in Canada. Then he hits the road again.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\" Drebin's fourth collection of photographs<\/a><\/div>\n

\u201cI\u2019m here for two months and I\u2019m happy I\u2019m not going on a plane,\u201d says Drebin. But then he rattles off his itinerary at a staccato pace. \u201cCome September, I\u2019m going to Istanbul. I\u2019m going to Paris in November. I\u2019m going to Berlin. I\u2019m going to make images all over Italy. I\u2019m going back to Miami from December until April for all these art fairs. Then my book comes out in March or April [2019]. Then I\u2019m having shows in Munich and Berlin.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over the course of our conversation, it becomes apparent the esteemed artist is at home \u2014 everywhere and nowhere. When he isn\u2019t living out of a suitcase, Drebin divides his time between Toronto and his adopted hometown of New York City. For him, home is work, and work is about crafting fantasies. (Drebin\u2019s photography in particular is coveted by collectors for its trademark over-the-top sheen of sex, ostentation and luxurious ennui.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"Neon Light Installation, Don't Ever Call Me Again, 2016<\/a><\/div>\n

Home & Away<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the early \u201990s, Drebin moved to New York City to attend Parsons School of Design, lured by Manhattan\u2019s pop cultural lustre and creative potential. \u201cNew York embraces people \u2014 all the crazies and visionaries. I think that\u2019s why people flock to New York from all over the world. I wanted to go to what I thought was the centre of the universe,\u201d he says. \u201cI moved to New York to make it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

One of Canada\u2019s most successful commercial artists, Drebin has definitely \u201cmade it,\u201d and he uses Manhattan as the backdrop for his own success and, frequently, the imagined successes of the beautiful people and beautiful interiors he captures in his lush cinematic lens. <\/span><\/p>\n

Drebin\u2019s photography is about larger-than-life luxury and beauty. Heartbreakingly beautiful femme fatales. Stunningly sumptuous condos and hotel suites. Breathtaking urban landscapes that he refers to, fittingly, as \u201cdreamscapes.\u201d Saturated in colour. Dramatic in contrast. So more-is-more as to be just on the right side of the tasteful-crass border. And collectors love it. Drebin is a regular at Art Miami, Art New York, Scope Basel, Photo London, Paris Photo, Istanbul Contemporary \u2014 the list is long, and growing.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"\"Photographer, David Drebin<\/a><\/div>\n
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\u201cI sell luxury and fantasy,\u201d Drebin declares, noting too that his work triggers a visceral emotional response in many viewers. Whether set in an opulent hotel room, an eye-popping landscape or a messy bed, the images are, he says, \u201creally kind of reflections of the viewers themselves \u2014 of the life that they want to live, the places they\u2019ve been and the places [where] they want to go.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"\"Fashion Designer, Diane Von Furstenburg photographed at her studio for French Daily newspaper, Le Monde<\/a><\/div>\n

At Home in the World<\/strong><\/p>\n

When starting a new series or project, he considers how images may fit together in a future exhibition or book. He has already published six books with teNeues Publishing, the seventh slated to launch in early 2019. But for the most part, he avoids over-thinking or over-planning. \u201cMy process is very simple. If I have a passion for something, I find the right light for that situation and then I work on the emotion of the situation. Whether it\u2019s a landscape or a person, that\u2019s how I do it,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n

Drebin has expanded his body of work to encompass lightboxes, etchings on glass, neon installations and photographic sculpture. He likens his forays into new media to multilingualism. \u201cI wanted to learn many languages, and each art form was like learning a new language for me. But I speak the same in different versions and languages.\u201d Think pouty glitter lips, leggy free-falling beauties and sassy off-the-cuff sign-offs.<\/p>\n

Drebin is, above all, restless. As we speak, a kinetic current crackles through the line. This is a man who lives to work. He is stoked about his upcoming book, tentatively titled Before They Were Famous <\/em>\u2014 a collection of Polaroids and contact sheets he shot in the early 1990s, which include subjects like Charlize Theron, Steve Jobs and Geoffrey Rush. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a beautifully designed book with worldwide distribution \u2014 limited- edition, hand-signed 1,000 copies, with exhibitions all over the world. I\u2019m having exhibitions in Istanbul, in Munich, in Berlin, in Miami, in New York, in London, in Zurich…. It really is nonstop for me.\u201d Will he miss home \u2014 that is, his bases in Toronto and New York? Nah, says this photo- graphic nomad. \u201cI can work from anywhere.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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By Yuki Hayashi –  *This article originally appeared in INSIGHT: The Art of Living | Winter 2018<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Photography by: David Drebin<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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