tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54934482664015970762024-03-13T02:01:13.353-07:00Dennis Oppenheim's BlogDennis Oppenheimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10804292329393179401noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493448266401597076.post-50591260175220371172010-10-01T19:31:00.000-07:002010-10-01T19:38:03.109-07:00Still Dancing dedication<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Hj8KHon2SdB5yFXFk4pIU259T6YJBjmgjM9H1sJ5Di9nPqR7lGHmuP6fWGt5WSeFSE319l1Q15AD_qPjkKhrUC3N875ZfkrXu-HZWHnXxsG9h17r9xCZSwplbJXBn3jNWGfXSqzdADQ/s1600/161.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 331px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Hj8KHon2SdB5yFXFk4pIU259T6YJBjmgjM9H1sJ5Di9nPqR7lGHmuP6fWGt5WSeFSE319l1Q15AD_qPjkKhrUC3N875ZfkrXu-HZWHnXxsG9h17r9xCZSwplbJXBn3jNWGfXSqzdADQ/s400/161.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523271429743709570" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 - Dennis Oppenheim's </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; font-family: arial;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=got7pacab&et=1103708530153&s=0&e=001Y7VE_wgWvpEsEd6aPS88oCSDOS30DlOQ_2YUt1gkF0WKTV36f-8EFaRQt2Upjl0UqffEQNaoRRnenxoG2n5wonqOzNZV6kbBAH60MK2YkhXWspKJu7zJ1pFuNAY1bTnt_gpBMTd1EB-xVTwGWUvtAg==" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Still Dancing</span> </a><span style="font-family: arial;">will be dedicated this </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">Saturday, October 2nd at 8:00 pm</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> at Mill Square within Toronto's Distillery Historic District. The dedication will occur as part of Toronto's annual celebration of contemporary art <span style="font-style: italic;">Scotiabank Nuit Blanche Toronto</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;">,</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> this year marking its fifth anniversary. Jamie Goad, a Partner at the Distillery Historic District, said "We are thrilled to formally introduce </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial;">Still Dancing</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> to the City of Toronto and are honoured to have Dennis Oppenheim in attendance at the official dedication ceremony on October 2nd."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The sculpture consist of a 38-foot chimney-like structure above a chamber formed by half circular arcs that elevate the chimney and allow people to enter under it. Angled down from the chimney is a massive spiral configuration made of perforated stainless steel. It encloses a pulsating, eighteen foot diameter frozen tear drop shape representing a liquid formation from a distillery. The spiral and tear drop shape are ignited by light operating in multiple directions on the surface of the structure.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The artist described the project in a recent conversation:</span><br /><blockquote>"Still Dancing" is a combination of sculpture, architecture and theater. By combining these art forms into one work, which derives content from an association with early distillery images and their alchemical apparatus, one encompasses a work which incorporates the extraordinary transformative drama inherent in the distillery process.</blockquote><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Dennis Oppenheim was awarded the commission by the DHD Public Art Program jury. It was commissioned in connection with a future mixed use development near the art site.The landmark district is becoming a vibrant place to live, work and create, as well as visit and enjoy.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial;">Still Dancing </span><span style="font-family: arial;">is the second of six public projects which have been or will be completed this year. </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial;"> Pathways</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial;">to Everywhere</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> was installed in the lobby of the Jamieson Building in Calgary in January. Three outdoor commissions in the western United States will be finished in the coming weeks; </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial;">Light Chamber </span><span style="font-family: arial;">for the new Denver Justice Center, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial;">Radiant Fountains</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> for the Bush International Airport in Houston and </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial;">Paintbrush Gateway,</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> at the entrance to the Arts District in Las Vegas. </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial;">Falls</span><span style="font-family: arial;">, a fountain sculpture, will be installed in Busan, Korea in mid-October.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;font-family:Verdana,Geneva;" ><br />Dennis Oppenheim</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" > has exhibited work internationally in galleries and museums worldwide since 1968. A major retrospective was organized by the Musee d'art Contemporain in Montreal in 1979. It traveled across Canada, Toronto then Winnipeg and Vancouver.<br /><br />In 2007 he was recognized for Lifetime Achievement at the Vancouver Sculpture Biennale. The controversial work included in that show, <span style="font-style: italic;">Device to Root out Evil </span>was recently installed in Calgary, Canada</span><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span>Dennis Oppenheimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10804292329393179401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493448266401597076.post-21818593915966660782010-09-29T13:04:00.000-07:002010-09-29T13:18:15.991-07:00Light Chamber dedication<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9-BZ8KOhG9HhrAv1kxIydFPFOArfLOgkXpBHhHCfOyJm4Le4K9kduKFgtKX4n0VE8B4UE0vOAkb3zfl4RNCr_ujG7gWnVSm_MfivZxWhk6IG7rIyVwMlfDQn-evNYIVnug2F3aBe49M/s1600/denverinstall.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9-BZ8KOhG9HhrAv1kxIydFPFOArfLOgkXpBHhHCfOyJm4Le4K9kduKFgtKX4n0VE8B4UE0vOAkb3zfl4RNCr_ujG7gWnVSm_MfivZxWhk6IG7rIyVwMlfDQn-evNYIVnug2F3aBe49M/s400/denverinstall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522431113151607282" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />If sculptors could touch on functionality and the social realm they would be elevating sculpture to a more powerful idiom.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> -DO</span><br /></blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>DENVER, CO - SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 - Dennis Oppenheim's newest public project <span style="font-style: italic;">Light Chamber</span> will be dedicated<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Thursday, September 30</span>,at<span style="font-weight: bold;"> 5:30 pm</span> at the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Denver Justice Center</span>, followed by a reception inside the Cisneros Jury Assembly Room. Commissioned by the city with four additional public artworks for the new justice campus in 2007, <span style="font-style: italic;">Light Chamber </span>is the largest public art commission in the history of Denver.<br /><br />Dennis Oppenheim spoke about his approach to the project and described its form in conversation recently:<br /><br /><blockquote>"I chose to focus on what is called the judge's chamber, a place where a person's life can change drastically, for instance, from freedom to incarceration. My<span style="font-style: italic;"> Light Chamber </span>is a giant complex that can be entered and walked through, involving curved walls (some as high as fifty feet) that result in a vortex which completely encloses the viewer. The general configuration is similar to a flower opening up, with different petals made of examples of different flower species."</blockquote><br />The event is free and open to the press and the public, but space is limited. <span style="font-weight: bold;">To attend, please RSVP to Mary Valdez at 720-865-4313 or public.art@denvergov.org.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Light Chamber</span> is the first of four public projects finished this fall. Dennis Oppenheim's<span style="font-style: italic;"> Still Dancing</span> for the Distillery District in Toronto will be celebrated Saturday October 2nd, <span style="font-style: italic;">Radiant Fountains</span> in Houston and<span style="font-style: italic;"> Paintbrush Gateways </span>in Las Vegas will be completed this month.Dennis Oppenheimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10804292329393179401noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493448266401597076.post-29450913186693388502010-09-13T10:23:00.000-07:002010-09-13T10:32:29.231-07:00Interview in Desert Companion<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_TjET3cq86WEnE5-EvrbOz5PJdwdnan1t-WRLRy7Vi80m0QYLRUwOAK97qplKWCcj2AQQmnR6C4UpobYF6jplQ5CAzQfdzNqVc2XHG2ThXa9basHLLttqwzU0dhyphenhyphenlwhnmyiRk9-JpgJk/s1600/DCbanner2.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 276px; height: 106px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_TjET3cq86WEnE5-EvrbOz5PJdwdnan1t-WRLRy7Vi80m0QYLRUwOAK97qplKWCcj2AQQmnR6C4UpobYF6jplQ5CAzQfdzNqVc2XHG2ThXa9basHLLttqwzU0dhyphenhyphenlwhnmyiRk9-JpgJk/s320/DCbanner2.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516451086889386946" /></a><br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Gateway to optimism: An interview with Dennis Oppenheim</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Story by Kirsten Swenson</span><br /><br />Dennis Oppenheim on a Las Vegas aesthetic, the mystique of art-making and those giant paintbrushes<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Desert Companion:</span> When many people think of Dennis Oppenheim, they think of your iconic body works from the 1970s - especially Parallel Stress and Reading Position for a Second Degree Burn (that eschewed the art object). How did you move from this to monumental public sculpture? <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Dennis Oppenheim:</span> I have never been able to be what they call a signature artist. Most of my work comes from ideas. I can usually do only a few versions of each idea. Land Art and Body Art were particularly strong concepts which allowed for a lot of permutations. But nevertheless, I found myself wanting to move onward into something else. This can be dangerous, because the urge to move is not always coupled with a transcendent idea - you can move backwards.<br /><br />In other words, the urge to constantly seek new territory is not often joined with the development of original concepts. It is as if the urge to change runs rampant for its own sake. Some speculate that these conditions are present because artists fear resting. They fear periods of non-production, they want to keep going.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">DC: </span>There is concern among the Las Vegas arts community that paintbrushes are a literal, reductive representation of the arts. As your career attests, much contemporary art has nothing to do with painting. So why paintbrushes?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />DO:</span> The image of a paintbrush immediately puts one in the orbit of an artistic arena. When titled and pointed upward with its stroke projecting outward into dark space, it could signify for some, the mystique found in art making itself, the mystery at the end of the brush, the journey into the dark.<br /><br />To make this projected pathway the gateway to the Arts District could, again, mean to some that they are passing into the mystique.<br /><br />One of the criticisms of this work was why didn't they hire a sign company to do a work to commemorate the Arts District? It's a good question, because art has taken a lot from neon design companies.<br /><br />This project places an artwork in a city known for its signage and applauds its flamboyant use of these instruments. It celebrates Las Vegas, rather than placing some esoteric, ego-driven superficially, conjured artwork on the site.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">DC:</span> I understand that the paintbrushes weren't your initial proposal. What were your earlier ideas, and how did this commission evolve?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />DO:</span> These projects usually stimulate many approaches. Some of them are found economically unrealistic. It is always a process of elimination in order to find a comfort zone.<br /><br />In the early '40s as a child, I was easily attracted to roadside spectacles. They were my introduction to art. I couldn't get enough of the Sherwin-Williams paint sign showing the endless flow of color over the globe. I love having a work in Las Vegas, the land of spectacles.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">DC:</span> What are your thoughts on the role of the arts in Las Vegas - and how did these thoughts inform your sculpture?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">DO:</span> It would be nice to think that Las Vegas artists could ricochet their energies on each other, to produce a truly unique vision in the way that some cities occasionally do, like the L.A. Light and Space movement, the Chicago Hairy Who, New York Pop Art and Minimalism and Italian Arte Povera, centered around Turino. I feel that there is a strangeness and ample radiant energies occurring in the location that could legitimately combust into a Las Vegas school.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Dennis Oppenheim's Paintbrush Gateway is slated for completion this fall: two 45-foot tall steel paintbrushes have already been planted along the sidewalk on East Charleston Boulevard in downtown Las Vegas. When completed, the paintbrushes will emit beams of rainbow-colored LED light 2,000 feet into the sky, creating a "gateway" to the arts district. </span>Dennis Oppenheimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10804292329393179401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493448266401597076.post-46214379288349040882010-09-10T08:35:00.000-07:002010-09-10T09:53:54.103-07:00Light Chamber Installation<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuwP8xT4ABECVpXBMqzaJ02Whjr8rsJRY2qy2GGLXbxt2lKMsuj8C4dtEw1VfUpvei4Msziu8EQtkq_z_Y18RU8bY4Mx6KOdOmYw2kOAAzP94REqFYtZtAeo506OGY7sAOEZExr8cmc78/s1600/Denver+install.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuwP8xT4ABECVpXBMqzaJ02Whjr8rsJRY2qy2GGLXbxt2lKMsuj8C4dtEw1VfUpvei4Msziu8EQtkq_z_Y18RU8bY4Mx6KOdOmYw2kOAAzP94REqFYtZtAeo506OGY7sAOEZExr8cmc78/s320/Denver+install.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515328849123310370" /></a><br /><br /><br />September 10, 2010-<br /><br />Following three years of planning the final installation of Dennis Oppenheim's commission for the Denver Justice Center is underway by La Paloma Fine Arts, Inc., under the supervision of the artist. Dates for the formal dedication will be announced by the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs next week.<br /><br />The sculpture, a commission for the Denver Justice Center, is one of five public art commissions at the Denver Justice Center Campus. Installation at the southwest intersection of Colfax and Elati, near the State Capital Building and the Denver Art Museum, has been ongoing since the week of August 16th.<br /><br />The title "Light Chamber," comes from two sources: the judge's chambers, and light which is a metaphor for enlightenment. Oppenheim was inspired by the people who work in the courts and his concept was to create a sculpture to serve as a chamber or sanctuary for individual reflection on the plaza.<br /><br />Transparent floral petal forms on an architectural scale will create an enclosure that fits the grand vision of a Justice Center while also evoking humanistic qualities. It will be a like a "quiet room" to be entered and experienced and to provoke contemplation and inspiration.<br /> <br />For more information on DOCA's Public Art Program, please call 720-865-4313 or visit www.denvergov.org/publicart.Dennis Oppenheimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10804292329393179401noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493448266401597076.post-42922832946595476492010-08-12T08:58:00.000-07:002010-08-12T10:19:21.620-07:00Whitney Curator Chrissie Iles in Conversation with Dennis Oppenheim<embed src="http://blip.tv/play/hIwVge%2BiPAI%2Em4v" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="330" width="480"></embed>Dennis Oppenheimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10804292329393179401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493448266401597076.post-66096590308711945112010-08-03T15:31:00.000-07:002010-08-03T15:39:28.306-07:00Oppenheim at MoMA<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:#333333;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This past Sunday, August 1st, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 183</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:#333333;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">9 to Today</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> opened to the public at New York City's Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition, curated by Roxana Marcoci, brings together over 300 photographs, magazines, and journals, by more than 100 artists, from the dawn of modernism to the present. The broad collection of work surveys the ways in which photography at once informs and challenges the meaning of what sculpture is. </span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />The exhibition includes two early Oppenheim photographic documentations of Land Art (</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Annual Rings, 1968</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">) and Body Art (</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Parallel Stress, 1970</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">) as part of "The Performing Body as Sculptural Object," utilizing the role of photography in the intersection of performance and sculpture as context.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgkaxG0BjxagrJseOaOlrZvryslQ1GflYbFEkgy7XNqWZROIMhciaWPhV6kLvnab1qp6nCF37rMNRzjLJdUjYkvGmwZeTAtUTnITTP1e9-aMcBh1duhRQRyjtvEaywLq9IXxNoyZdZ8gk/s1600/annualrings.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 352px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgkaxG0BjxagrJseOaOlrZvryslQ1GflYbFEkgy7XNqWZROIMhciaWPhV6kLvnab1qp6nCF37rMNRzjLJdUjYkvGmwZeTAtUTnITTP1e9-aMcBh1duhRQRyjtvEaywLq9IXxNoyZdZ8gk/s200/annualrings.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501316020951725490" border="0" /></a></span><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">Annual Rings</span>, which is part of the Metropolitan Mus</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" >eum's permanent collection, captures the juxtaposition of man-made national and temporal boundaries through a schemata of tree growth rings enlarged and transposed into the snow. The rings overlap and intersect the U.S.A./Canadian border, crossing both political boundaries and time zones and thus questioning these ordering systems .<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIXb4i4O7sVKwbyPJB3HARULDLQwmzYirj-j0C_wyySir45XsqWAYTATC3T-uCMxhSSmrIFhyfWgGWoh1_LKg4XESnxCoFRNaFn0IIUpEiVIykIeNcm0NDS9-ZQFE-1o2UbkmLxBHznR0/s1600/ParallelStress.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 379px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIXb4i4O7sVKwbyPJB3HARULDLQwmzYirj-j0C_wyySir45XsqWAYTATC3T-uCMxhSSmrIFhyfWgGWoh1_LKg4XESnxCoFRNaFn0IIUpEiVIykIeNcm0NDS9-ZQFE-1o2UbkmLxBHznR0/s200/ParallelStress.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501316344275386450" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Parallel Stress </span>documents a ten minute performance from May 1970. The photographs capture Oppenheim's greatest stress position prior to collapse while positioned suspended on a masonry-block wall and collapsed concrete pier between the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges, and then the position resumed at an abandoned sump on Long Island. <span style="font-style: italic;">Parallel Stress</span> is on loan for the exhibition from the artist.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span></span> <div style="text-align: center;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: italic;">"The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today" will be at the Museum of Modern Art from August 1st to November 2nd.</span><br /></div></span></span>Dennis Oppenheimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10804292329393179401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493448266401597076.post-46278832626448647272010-06-28T10:52:00.000-07:002010-06-28T11:07:13.102-07:00Oppenheim on Show, July 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3FDn_MLgyd-S3WN59NyEhCHhYQBf72RY6NPlBlrl969KCrqQI4QVq7xkkFr1b_C66395iHUKFWmDjBwo_ncvUxgWfUHlnt9WKVPF2RfqqAR3D0zl_LPpJwWme_O6avbsDvH6UHKj5Nig/s1600/ntm10-1-29s.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 382px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3FDn_MLgyd-S3WN59NyEhCHhYQBf72RY6NPlBlrl969KCrqQI4QVq7xkkFr1b_C66395iHUKFWmDjBwo_ncvUxgWfUHlnt9WKVPF2RfqqAR3D0zl_LPpJwWme_O6avbsDvH6UHKj5Nig/s320/ntm10-1-29s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487886923188384098" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />This Thursday, July 1st, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Off the Wall Part 1: Thirty Performative Actions</span> will open to the public at New York City's Whitney Museum of American Art. The exhibition focuses on actions which displace the site of the artwork from an object to the body, acting in relation to, or directly onto, the physical space of the gallery. </span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />The exhibition, curated by Chrissie Iles, includes Dennis Oppenheim's 1973 installation <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Echo</span> which fills the the gallery walls with the image of a hand slapping the wall onto which it is projected accompanied by its sound, reverberating through the wall. The reverberating sound:</span> <blockquote><span style="font-family:arial;">"suggests the phenomena of a sound passing through a solid. In this way it carries the physical reality of this act through this barrier to the other side into a space unavailable to sight." DO</span></blockquote> <span style="font-family:arial;">First shown at MOCA San Francisco in 1973, Echo is now part of the Whitney's permanent collection.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />The following day, Friday, July 2nd, another Oppenheim piece will be included in an exhibition opening at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Material Interchange for Joe Stranard, Aspen, Colorado</span> </span>(1970) will be on exhibit as part of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Between Here and There: Passages in Contemporary Photography</span>, which runs through February 13th of next year.<br /><br /><br /></span> <div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family:arial;">"Off the Wall Part 1: Thirty Performative Actions" will be at the Whitney Museum of American Art from July 1st to September 19th.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />"Between Here and There: Passages in Contemporary Photography" will be at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from July 2nd to February 13th.</span></div>Dennis Oppenheimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10804292329393179401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493448266401597076.post-45650910193105437312010-05-25T09:13:00.000-07:002010-05-25T09:13:48.613-07:00The DKS interviews Dennis Oppenheim Part 1<object style="background-image:url(http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/gIW9FfWhErc/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gIW9FfWhErc&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gIW9FfWhErc&hl=en_US&fs=1" width="480" height="295" allowScriptAccess="never" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>Dennis Oppenheimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10804292329393179401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493448266401597076.post-56282069343059492692010-05-19T11:10:00.000-07:002010-05-19T11:19:36.246-07:00Oppenheim Starts Summer 2010 in Italy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgywwbWzPoBSvAKM7bu_FHKxATJQf_zK5BlvXa3YLHtqBJmFZsbfewbme9Ie4lrNutB_RFwq6lxuk1LHl98tW08YccFFH8HqKORzuN1QD3dNWFjoTxhyphenhyphenEhAPnfvzQuw0k5Q2VtsqsijMtA/s1600/theme.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 257px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgywwbWzPoBSvAKM7bu_FHKxATJQf_zK5BlvXa3YLHtqBJmFZsbfewbme9Ie4lrNutB_RFwq6lxuk1LHl98tW08YccFFH8HqKORzuN1QD3dNWFjoTxhyphenhyphenEhAPnfvzQuw0k5Q2VtsqsijMtA/s320/theme.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473046077203035874" border="0" /></a>
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<br /><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 150%; font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">We are therefore proud to begin the summer of 2010 in Italy, marking Dennis’ eighth Italian solo exhibition in the past decade.</span><span style=";font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-size:85%;">“Material Interchange” opens at Bergamo’s Galleria Fumagalli on Saturday June 5, 2010.</span><span style=";font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-size:85%;">The exhibition, curated by Alberto Fiz, will feature a selection of seminal Land Art and Body Art documentations, including the installations <i>Theme for a Major Hit </i>(1974), a work comprised of artist surrogates, and <i>Gingerbread Man</i>, the infamous 1971 performance piece.</span><span style=";font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Fiz, who also curated last summer’s show at the Scolacium Archeological Park, plans to highlight the way the work “tests the limits of art and architecture.”</span><span style=";font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Oppenheim will be in attendance opening night, with a reception starting at 6:30 pm.</span><span style=";font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-size:85%;">The show runs until November 20<sup>th</sup>.</span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >
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<br /><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 150%; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Germano Celant, Director of the ‘97 Biennale, personally curated the collection of Oppenheim’s work for the prestigious Venice art show, which featured over forty pieces and surveyed a full decade of Oppenheim’s career. The exhibition embodied the pioneering nature of Oppenheim’s art by choosing an abandoned industrial space in neighboring Marghera as opposed to a traditional Venice gallery or museum space. The Biennale also marked the debut of </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Device to Root out Evil</span><span style="font-size:85%;">, the show-stopping flipped church that became a focal point and drew rave reviews during the Biennale, only later to be met with controversy when seeking a permanent home. The Biennale’s inclusion of </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Device to Root out Evil </span><span style="font-size:85%;">represented a significant shift in Oppenheim’s focus towards public projects.</span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >
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<br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p><span style=";font-family:Times;font-size:11pt;" ><i><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >“Material Interchange” will be at <a href="http://galleriafumagalli.com/">Galleria Fumagalli </a>from June 5th to November 20th. </span><o:p></o:p></i></span></div> <!--EndFragment--> Dennis Oppenheimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10804292329393179401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493448266401597076.post-40057588074875392442009-07-22T09:29:00.000-07:002009-07-22T11:35:15.775-07:00Journey Home Arrives at the Central Station in Grand Rapids<p><span style="font-family:arial;">A large group gathered outside the Rapid Transit system's Central Station in Grand Rapids, Michigan last Friday July 17th for the public dedication of Dennis Oppenheim's recently installed sculpture <em>Journey Home</em>. The artist spoke to the group briefly describing the work. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">He said, <em>Journey Home</em> is a spiraling 24-foot high circular form of rolled steel tubing clad with perforated metal, colored acrylic and slotted sandblasted Lexan. The form originates as a point in space, which journeys in a spiral configuration to the shape of a house. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">The work was commissioned by the Interurban Transit Partnership and constructed by La Paloma Fine Art, an art fabrication company based in Sun Valley, California. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">Dennis Oppenheim is one of the leading artists in the field of sculpture with a career spanning over forty years. He has concentrated on public art since the 1980s. Other public projects to be completed in 2009 are <em>Garden of Evidence</em> for Scottsdale, Arizona; <em>Arriving Home</em> for Chicago; <em>Still Dancing</em> for Toronto; <em>Pathways to Everywhere</em> for Calgary; <em>Radiant Fountain</em> for Houston; and <em>Paintbrush Gateway</em> for Las Vegas. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">A book on Oppenheim's recent projects titled: <u>Public Projects</u> was just published by Charta, Milan. Included are essays by artists Vito Acconci and Liam Gillick and scholars, Aaron Betsky and Aaron Levy. It is available from Distributed Art Publishers.</span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMGC09sMsKmjB0cZnGDeIemthL8JEdWUOt13Sf9DivbqpgPE_9d60NpjcBeXeEi7hBO1YZwSpRKYqTjXP4wUonYCKkR00T21FZF3IE83V3Dn23k6b4Aq1U3bioj1MQ_phfAJ_-UilC3Bs/s1600-h/journeyhome1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361323064065326210" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 481px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 401px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMGC09sMsKmjB0cZnGDeIemthL8JEdWUOt13Sf9DivbqpgPE_9d60NpjcBeXeEi7hBO1YZwSpRKYqTjXP4wUonYCKkR00T21FZF3IE83V3Dn23k6b4Aq1U3bioj1MQ_phfAJ_-UilC3Bs/s320/journeyhome1.jpg" border="0" /></a>Dennis Oppenheimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10804292329393179401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493448266401597076.post-50324314809201873522009-07-20T09:11:00.001-07:002009-07-22T11:35:30.392-07:00Events this week<span style="font-family:arial;">Hello all,<br /><br />The book signing at the Parrish Art Museum in East Hampton is coming up this Thursday July 23rd. Hope to see you out there.<br /><br />I also presented my sculpture, <em>Journey Home</em>, last Friday July 17th in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The sculpture was installed outside the Central Station bus depot. Check out the Facebook page: </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Grand-Rapids-MI/The-Rapid-Transit-Authority-for-the-Grand-Rapids-metro-area/43516312373"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Grand-Rapids-MI/The-Rapid-Transit-Authority-for-the-Grand-Rapids-metro-area/43516312373</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />I will be doing another update on this sculpture.<br /><br />There are also other book signing events coming up at Clic Gallery in East Hampton and at Storefront in New York City. Stay up to date with events by following my blog and e-blast newsletters.</span>Dennis Oppenheimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10804292329393179401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493448266401597076.post-19289932200161333522009-07-06T07:21:00.000-07:002009-07-09T07:07:11.953-07:00Parrish Art Museum Book Signing & Lecture<span style="font-family:arial;">Parrish Art Museum<br />Public Projects by Dennis Oppenheim Book Signing and Lecture<br />DATE: Thursday, July 23 2009<br />TIME: 8pm<br />LOCATION: Parrish Art Museum<br />25 Jobs Lane, Southampton, NY 11968<br />MORE: </span><a href="http://www.parrishart.org/detail.asp?id=136&pid=631" target="_blank" linktype="link" track="on"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://www.parrishart.org/detail.asp?id=136&pid=631</span></a><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuRj3JBAJdfWh6CJ1DIEJ0H3cho5DwH6rlGWtyHrkYmNUowBN6UtmNQk3S4071DLfg_0p1lGZzQ8ULYAKQe6E90YRVNbTeKtc2dBkaNonNFU3hmh9RjNhVDKnopoM1hnUQFgouU9wwvfw/s1600-h/devicetoroot.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355355693945303138" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 341px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 339px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuRj3JBAJdfWh6CJ1DIEJ0H3cho5DwH6rlGWtyHrkYmNUowBN6UtmNQk3S4071DLfg_0p1lGZzQ8ULYAKQe6E90YRVNbTeKtc2dBkaNonNFU3hmh9RjNhVDKnopoM1hnUQFgouU9wwvfw/s320/devicetoroot.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">Device to Root Out Evil 1997 </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">Galvanized structural steel, anodized perforated aluminum, transparent red Venetian glass, concrete foundations. </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">9' X 15' X 20' </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">Collection of the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">Photo by Edward Smith, Venice</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><em><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></em><div align="left"><em><br />Public Projects</em></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;">pgs. 148 - 164 illus (143 in color)</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;">Paperback - 21x28 cm</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;">English text</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;">ISBN 978-88-8158-695-0</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;">34.00 €; 45.00 $ </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;">Texts by Aaron Levy, Vito Acconci,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;">Aaron Betsky, Liam Gillick, Dennis Oppenheim,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;">Roland Nachtigäller, Friederike Fast </span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />Dennis Oppenheim's unrelenting curiosity, intelligence, and audacity have made him an influentialfigure in the contemporary art world for more than forty years. Oppenheim's work has been featured in numerous exhibitions in the local area including at the LongHouse Reserve and GuildHall Museum in East Hampton. For this special program, the artist will deliver an illustrated lectureabout his large-scale public commissions spanning from the past twenty years, expanding uponhis recent book Public Projects. Following the talk, he will take questions from the audience andthere will be a signing of his book to follow. There will also be a limited number of copies to be given away. </span></div>Dennis Oppenheimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10804292329393179401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493448266401597076.post-62553488091580535992009-07-01T08:11:00.001-07:002009-07-01T08:34:27.057-07:00Upcoming events<span style="font-family:arial;">Hello all,</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This summer is going to be action packed.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I want to briefly announce a few events that are coming up, so keep your eyes out.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">-July 3 - Thanksgiving</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I am part of the <em>Earth Art Exhibit</em> taking place in the Royal Botanical Gardens in Ontario, Canada. This show is curated by John Grande and will feature artists from around the globe. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">My piece is called <em>Spiral Scarecrows</em>, representing a garden based on hysteria.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">-July 23, 8pm</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I will be doing a Book Signing and Lecture at the Parrish Art Museum in Southampton, New York. This will promote my new book <em>Public Project </em>that is coming out.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">-Distillery District, Toronto</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Late last year I won the public art plan commission, and my sculpture will be displayed permanently in the main square between Balzac's Coffee and Tappo's Restaurant. The piece is titled <em>Still Dancing.</em></span>Dennis Oppenheimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10804292329393179401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493448266401597076.post-74895589581603156032009-06-29T11:09:00.000-07:002009-06-29T11:13:53.178-07:00Exhibition in Berlin<span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Exhibition at Galerie Jarmuschek, Berlin</strong> </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Date: June 20th - August 1st </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Location: Halle am Wasser</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Invalidenstr. 50/51</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">10557 Berlin</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Germany </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">More: </span><a href="http://www.jarmuschek.de/" target="_blank" track="on" linktype="link"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://www.jarmuschek.de </span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The opening night was on June 19th.<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOD8jWCwn7s7R7bisCugXZfp5PFzgoLhDQL1XUDvrfwQbl2drGiKxdPZOukPOkW6lnqT5nKIjDqtUaXrjMuQTYAF-vyemnlKZKMNtoTI-nz5aN3zQTGlOV-ATQhP5YR70k_u5wwo9TUVc/s1600-h/berlin.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352813706648769746" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 329px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOD8jWCwn7s7R7bisCugXZfp5PFzgoLhDQL1XUDvrfwQbl2drGiKxdPZOukPOkW6lnqT5nKIjDqtUaXrjMuQTYAF-vyemnlKZKMNtoTI-nz5aN3zQTGlOV-ATQhP5YR70k_u5wwo9TUVc/s320/berlin.jpg" border="0" /></a>Dennis Oppenheimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10804292329393179401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493448266401597076.post-28610229566994515562009-06-25T13:38:00.000-07:002009-06-29T11:14:33.058-07:00Stay up to date: follow the blog, join the mail list, add facebook<span style="font-family:arial;">Stay current with all of my upcoming events by following my blog and my facebook page: </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/dennis.oppenheim"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#3366ff;">http://www.facebook.com/dennis.oppenheim</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />You can also opt to join the mail list by emailing </span><a href="mailto:mail.oppenheim@earthlink.net"><span style="font-family:arial;">mail.oppenheim@earthlink.net</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />Also, check out my websites:<br /></span><a href="http://www.dennis-oppenheim.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#3366ff;">http://www.dennis-oppenheim.com/</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.dennisoppenheim.org/"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#3366ff;">http://www.dennisoppenheim.org/</span></a>Dennis Oppenheimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10804292329393179401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493448266401597076.post-34545638683299794732009-06-25T13:25:00.000-07:002009-06-29T11:15:05.440-07:00Houston Arts Alliance Commission<p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;">Here it is my latest newsletter:</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">"Radiant Fountain" Wins the One Million Dollar </span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Houston Arts Alliance Gateway Commission</span></strong></span></span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000000;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351365051349068626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 435px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 332px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwqGGVtQ_ZSNqxlcLNFxvIcOlyLDQAa-KFByQXQEJW_8RJBxEvTwxgt4_24Cc-HV1fB3FnSqYLAY72QEIvRBCbYZzTssJPc56ocwx8j_ywnFLREw1zrwBZV8COohPPLfcv-nB5GqqtsdM/s320/119.jpg" border="0" /> <span style="font-family:arial;">Dennis Oppenheim has been awarded a one million dollar commission by the Houston Arts Alliance for a work at the entrance to Houston at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport. </span></span><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;">The competition for this artwork, which concluded in April of this year, required a proposal for a major sculpture to replace the 'Welcome to Houston" sign visible from the roadway as one exits the airport. Oppenheim's proposal, titled "Radiant Fountains" consists of three sixty foot high cylindrical towers containing thousands of LED's suspended by cables, the animated LED's representing a giant twenty five foot tear drop falling into a pool, creating the upward sensation of a splash, which rises to sixty feet and consists of a multitude of colored lights cascading and sparkling toward the top and beyond, emerging in bright, spherical globes; representing giant droplets.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;">This "event" sculpture will occur in three locations sited on both side of the highway exiting the airport. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;">The simple transaction of the falling teardrop, plunging upward, brings to mind a universal display of energy production and creation. It is the artist's desire to captivate motorists leaving the airport, both during the day and at night. The highly visible animate LED presentation is programmed to change often, both in tempo and coloration. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;">The work will be executed by local fabricators, joined by Oppenheim's staff.</span></p>Dennis Oppenheimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10804292329393179401noreply@blogger.com0