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'{{Short description|American painter}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox artist | honorific_prefix = | name = Abshalom Jac Lahav | honorific_suffix = | image = Abshalom jac lahav.JPG | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|04|04}} | birth_place = [[Jerusalem]], Israel | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = American | education = [[Master of Fine Arts]] | alma_mater = [[Wesleyan University]], [[School of Visual Arts]], [[Cooper Union]], [[Brooklyn College]] | known_for = Painting | notable_works = ''48 Jews'', ''The Great Americans'', ''Slaves'' | style = | movement = | spouse = | awards = | elected = | patrons = | memorials = | website = {{URL|www.jaclahav.com}} | module = }} '''Abshalom Jac Lahav''' (born April 4, 1977) ({{lang-he|אבשלום ג'ֵק להב}}) is a New York City–based artist. He is known for his series ''48 Jews'' and ''The Great Americans, and'' Foster Paintings which have been shown at museums such as Lyman Allyn Art Museum, The Slater Art Museum, The Florence Griswold Museum, The Longview MFA, Saginaw Art Museum, [[Richmond Art Museum]], [[Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art]], [[The Oregon Jewish Museum]] and [[Jewish Museum of Florida]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://richmondartmuseum.org/portfolio/the-great-americans-works-by-jac-lahav/|title=The Great Americans: Works by Jac Lahav - Richmond Art Museum|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newpaltz.edu/museum/exhibitions/screenplay.html|title=The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art - SUNY New Paltz|website=www.newpaltz.edu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://portland.eventful.com/events/oregon-jewish-museum-present-works-abshalom-jac-/E0-001-021713421-0|title=The Oregon Jewish Museum present the works of Abshalom Jac Lahav|website=Eventful}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arilankin.com/tag/jewish-museum-of-florida/|title=Lahav's work at Jewish Museum of Florida|publisher=}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> His painting style implements well known images of famous people in the modern contexts, but still references historical modes of painting and black-and-white photography through its use of monotone imagery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chronogram.com/hudsonvalley/on-the-cover-abshalom-jac-lahav/Content?oid=2203419|title=On the Cover: Abshalom Jac Lahav|first=Brian K.|last=Mahoney|publisher=}}</ref> He is also the founder of the ''Midnight Society'', an artist run [[Curatorial platform|curatorial project]] based in [[Brooklyn]], New York.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nansekawashima.com/spring-break-art-fair|title=Spring Break Art Show March 1st-7th 2016 - nansekawashima|website=www.nansekawashima.com}}</ref> In 2019, Lahav became a licensed foster parent. His work in the foster system inspired them to create a body of work focusing on bright blue abstract paintings, immersive vine plant installations, and eccentric sculptures. Lahav is also a well known curator, arts writer, and social activist. ==Early life== Lahav was born in [[Jerusalem]], Israel in 1977, to [[Pnina Lahav|Pnina]] and Moshe Lahav. He lived in Israel before his parents settled in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. He attended undergraduate at [[Wesleyan University]] where he was a member of [[Eclectic Society (fraternity)|the Eclectic Society]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.miamiartguide.com/48-jews-what-it-means-to-be-jewish/|title=48 Jews: What it Means to be Jewish|date=September 27, 2009|publisher=}}</ref> ==Education== In 2000, Lahav received a Bachelor of Arts degree in [[psychology]] from Wesleyan University, Connecticut. He studied painting at the [[School of Visual Arts]] and [[Cooper Union]] and received his [[Master of Fine Arts]] degree from [[Brooklyn College]], New York in 2008 where he studied under [[Vito Acconci]] and Keith Mayerson.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zeek.net/710cover/|title=Zeek - Karl Marx - Abshalom Jac Lahav|website=www.zeek.net}}</ref> ==Career== Lahav began his career at the [[The Jewish Museum of New York|Jewish Museum]], New York in an exhibition entitled ''Art Image and Warhol Connections'', showing alongside [[Deborah Kass]], [[Alex Katz]], and [[Ben Shahn]], the exhibition presented works by seven artists who directly respond to [[Andy Warhol]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/art-image-and-warhol-connections|title=Art, Image, and Warhol Connections|website=The Jewish Museum}}</ref> His series of paintings ''48 Jews'' and ''The Great Americans'' employ portraiture to question basic assumptions about the relationship of historical memory and collective identity. These works have been shown in several museums across the United States. ''48 Jews'' is a series of [[Andy Warhol|Warhol-esque]] [[portrait painting]]s of famous Jews that examines the representation of Jews in the diaspora while ''The Great Americans'' is the combination of American heroic, [[popular culture|pop culture]] and [[history painting]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.miamiartguide.com/48-jews-what-it-means-to-be-jewish/|title=48 Jews: What it Means to be Jewish|date=September 27, 2009|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://richmondartmuseum.org/portfolio/the-great-americans-works-by-jac-lahav/|title=The Great Americans: Works by Jac Lahav - Richmond Art Museum|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2009-10-18/features/0910150339_1_holocaust-museum-jewish-museum-admission|title=Calendar|publisher=}}</ref> In 2008, Lahav started an experimental painting series on ''Anne Frank''. The series questions the long afterlife of [[Anne Frank]]'s portrait and explored the intersection of pop culture and [[art history]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=g3rod73T6_MC ''Anne Frank Unbound''], [[Indiana University Press]], 2012, p.258.</ref> His curatorial endeavors have been shown at the [[Spring/Break Art Show]] two years in a row where his project received attention from [[Bill Cunningham (American photographer)|Bill Cunningham]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/24/fashion/bill-cunningham-freedom-to-choose.html|title=Bill Cunningham - Freedom to Choose|first=Bill|last=Cunningham|work=The New York Times |date=April 22, 2016|publisher=|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bedfordandbowery.com/2015/03/springbreeeeeak-cruising-one-of-our-fave-armory-week-art-fairs/|title=Spring/Breeeeeak: Cruising One of Our Fave Armory Week Art Fairs|publisher=|access-date=May 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616175218/http://bedfordandbowery.com/2015/03/springbreeeeeak-cruising-one-of-our-fave-armory-week-art-fairs/|archive-date=June 16, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==Selected solo exhibitions== * Koslowe Gallery, Westchester NY, 2014 * Richmond Art Museum, Richmond Indiana, The Great Americans, 2011 * Jewish Museum of Florida, Miami Florida, 48 Jews, 2010 * Oregon Jewish Museum, Portland Oregon, 48 Jews, 2009 * Jarmuschek + Partner, Berlin, Germany, 48 Jews: Selections from the Series, 2009 * Gallery 532 Thomas Jaeckel, NY, NY. The Great Americans, 2009 * Gallery 532 Thomas Jaeckel, NY, NY. Boundless, 2009 * Esther Prangley Rice Gallery, McDaniel College's, Md, 2007 ==References== {{reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lahav, Abshalom Jac}} [[Category:1977 births]] [[Category:Painters from New York City]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Artists from Jerusalem]] [[Category:American contemporary painters]] [[Category:Painters from New York (state)]] [[Category:20th-century American painters]] [[Category:American male painters]] [[Category:Brooklyn College alumni]] [[Category:Wesleyan University alumni]] [[Category:Israeli emigrants to the United States]] [[Category:Jewish American artists]] [[Category:Jewish painters]] [[Category:21st-century American Jews]] [[Category:20th-century American male artists]]'