Dennis Oppenheim

1938–2011

Dennis Oppenheim, ‘Salt Flat’ 1968
Salt Flat 1968
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Biography

Dennis Oppenheim (September 6, 1938 – January 21, 2011) was an American conceptual artist, performance artist, earth artist, sculptor and photographer. Dennis Oppenheim's early artistic practice is an epistemological questioning about the nature of art, the making of art and the definition of art: a meta-art which arose when strategies of the Minimalists were expanded to focus on site and context. As well as an aesthetic agenda, the work progressed from perceptions of the physical properties of the gallery to the social and political context, largely taking the form of permanent public sculpture in the last two decades of a highly prolific career, whose diversity could exasperate his critics.

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    Dennis Oppenheim

    Dennis Oppenheim's practice includes actions, performances, installations, sculptures, film and architecture. Seminal early works include a field harvested in ...
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    Dennis Oppenheim: Talking Art

    Dennis Oppenheim is interviewed by writer and curator Lisa Le Feuvre.

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