Paul Rebhan
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Paul Rebhan is an author, musician, and artist living in New York City
. He is known for hanging one of his own paintings in the Museum of Modern Art
, and as the inventor of Quiet Parties, also called Silent Dating, where people communicate by writing notes instead of speaking . He also rents himself out as a "friend", and wrote a philosophy book that seems to share a similar skeptical viewpoint of epistemology as Michel Foucault
, the French postmodernist philosopher.
Rebhan was one of the initial artists to use the term Perceptual Art
in describing his work. This is a highly interactive form of art, often reliant on new technologies such as the Internet
, that were not available to artists of previous generations. In the words of Rebhan, Perceptual Art has the intent of "altering individual and collective perception http://rebfile.com/rebfile-about.htm."
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. He is known for hanging one of his own paintings in the Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
, and as the inventor of Quiet Parties, also called Silent Dating, where people communicate by writing notes instead of speaking . He also rents himself out as a "friend", and wrote a philosophy book that seems to share a similar skeptical viewpoint of epistemology as Michel Foucault
Michel Foucault
Michel Foucault , born Paul-Michel Foucault , was a French philosopher, social theorist and historian of ideas...
, the French postmodernist philosopher.
Rebhan was one of the initial artists to use the term Perceptual Art
Perceptual art
Perceptual art is a form of art that can trace its roots to the art history concepts of perceptualism as well as to twentieth century inventions of conceptual art and performance art.-Perceptualism:...
in describing his work. This is a highly interactive form of art, often reliant on new technologies such as the Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
, that were not available to artists of previous generations. In the words of Rebhan, Perceptual Art has the intent of "altering individual and collective perception http://rebfile.com/rebfile-about.htm."
External links
- RebFile.com Paul Rebhan's website.
- So... what's the deal with these quiet parties anyway? San Francisco Chronicle
- http://www.match.com/magazine/article0.aspx%3Farticleid%3D3545&e=9797 Match.com Article
- Go bar hopping...quietly Boston Herald
- Quiet, please! This is a bar USA Today
- Quiet Party New York Post Archive
- Silent Dating Silent Dating
- Unknown's Painting Hangs Out at Modern for a Weekend New York Times
- 2003: The 3rd Annual Year in Ideas; Quiet Parties New York Times Magazine
- Airport artwork by Reb Han unites us all TCPalm.com