Alan RAPHAEL

 

1939 - 1983

Sculptures in polyester resin and wood

 


 

Alan RAPHAEL in 1972

Alan RAPHAEL in 1972


 

Short C.V.

 

Alan RAPHAEL is the artist’s name of Dr. Alan Raphael Goldin; born in 1939, a scholar at Roosevelt High School, Johannesburg, qualified from the University of the Witwatersrand’s Medical School in 1962. After further training in Durban he joined as specialist staff at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, in 1972. He was Visiting Fellow at Stanford University in 1974 which also enabled him to pursue his interests in polyester resin sculpture. After returning to Cape Town in March 1975, he emigrated to Australia in 1978, living first in Adelaide, then Sydney, where he died suddenly in 1983. He is survived by his wife Barbara Goldin - Borbereki and children.

 


 

Selected Solo Shows

 

1972 Gallery 101, Hollard Street, Johannesburg - 16th March (22 works) – see invitation card + catalogue

1973 Galerie Entremonde, Paris - 29th May to 19th June

Alan RAPHAEL cover of Galerie Entremonde Paris 1973 invitation card

 

1975 Galerie Entremonde, Paris (7th to 28th March)

1975 Alwin Gallery, Grafton Street, London W1 - 12th November to 5th December

 


 

Selected Group Shows

 

1972 Gallery 21, Hyde Park, Johannesburg (“Selection ‘72”) – 7th October, ill cat p16

1973 SA Association of Arts Gallery (Homes Trust), Cape Town (together with Barbara Borbereki) – 5th February

1973 NICRO Art Dealer’s Fair, Milner Park, Johannesburg – represented by Gallery 21 on 8th August, 1973 (The Wave - cat. 22)

The Wave by Alan RAPHAEL exhibited by Gallery 21 at NICRO 1973 cat. 22

1973 Gallery 21, Hyde Park, Johannesburg (“Collectors’ Choice: Autumn 1973”) – 19th April

1974 Los Robles Gallery, Palo Alto CA, U.S.A. - Alan Raphael (sculptures) jointly with Joseph Kriss (paintings)

 


 

Selected Images

 

Alan RAPHAEL Sculpture in polyester resin by Alan Raphael, San Francisco CA, 1974

Sculpture in polyester resin by Alan Raphael, San Francisco CA, 1974

 

Alan RAPHAEL "Countdown" by Alan Raphael - view from Bloubergstrand onto Cape Town, 1973

"Countdown" by Alan Raphael - view from Bloubergstrand onto Cape Town, 1973

 

"Wave II." polyester resin sculpture by Alan Raphael

"Wave II." polyester resin sculpture by Alan Raphael

 

Alan RAPHAEL "Flow", 1974 - polyester resin by Alan Raphael

"Flow", 1974 - polyester resin by Alan Raphael

 


 

Other Selected Images

 

Alan Raphael polyester resin sculpture in the Kati Linda Collection

Alan Raphael polyester resin sculpture in the Kati Linda Collection

 

Alan Raphael polyester resin sculpture in yellow

Alan Raphael polyester resin sculpture in yellow

 

Alan Raphael “Earthview” – suspended polyester resin mobile sculpture - illustrated in ARTLOOK 94

Alan Raphael “Earthview” – suspended polyester resin mobile sculpture - illustrated in ARTLOOK 94

 

Alan Raphael "Mother and Child", 1972, in polyester resin

Alan Raphael "Mother and Child", 1972, in polyester resin

 

Alan Raphael – polyester sculpture illustrated in “Selection ‘72” catalogue on p16 (image © Melvyn Penn)

Alan Raphael – polyester sculpture illustrated in “Selection ‘72” catalogue on p16 (image © Melvyn Penn)

 


 

Selected Sculptures in wood

 

Alan RAPHAEL "Woman of the Dunes", 1973 in Rooi Els

"Woman of the Dunes", 1973 in Rooi Els

 

Alan RAPHAEL "King and Queen" in yellow wood

"King and Queen" in yellow wood

 

Alan RAPHAEL "Genesis I", 1971 - Yellow wood and polyester resin

"Genesis I", 1971 - Yellow wood and polyester resin

 


 

Selected Publications

 

ARTLOOK 64, Johannesburg – March 1972, Vol. 5 No. 3, pp. 32/33, ill

ARTLOOK 94, Johannesburg – April 1975, Vol. 8 No. 2, p. 15/17, ill

“Art & Artists of South Africa” (Berman) (Balkema), p. 526 (listed under “Professional exhibitors”) - ISBN 0 86961 144 5

In Memoriam – SA Medical Journal, Vol. 64, 19th November, 1983, p. 879

 


 

Selected Press reviews

 

The Star, Johannesburg – 21st March, 1972

SA Financial Gazette, Johannesburg – 14th April, 1972

Alan RAPHAEL illustrated in SA Arts Calendar, SA Association of Arts, Pretoria - July 1976, Vol. 1 No. 6, p.9 with sodalite by Zoltan Borbrereki at left

SA Arts Calendar, SA Association of Arts, Pretoria - July 1976, Vol. 1 No. 6, p.9 - two sculptures by Alan Raphael, with sodalite sculpture by Zoltan Borbereki and paintings by Barbara Goldin-Borbereki exhibited in Cape Town previously.

 


 

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