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Dennis Oppenheim

(American, 1938–2011)

Dennis Oppenheim

Landslide, 1968

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Dennis Oppenheim

The Diamond Cutter's Wedding, 1979

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Dennis Oppenheim

Detail from (An Armature for Projection - Launching Structure #2), 1982

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Dennis Oppenheim

Accelerator for Evil Thoughts, 1983

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Dennis Oppenheim

Study for 2nd Generation Image, Spirit Stove, 1988

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Dennis Oppenheim

Study for Digestion, 1990

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Dennis Oppenheim

Study: Digestion Gas, 1991

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Dennis Oppenheim

Architectural Cactus Grove, 2008

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Biography

Timeline

1938: Born in Electric City, WA
1958 - 1965: Studies Art at College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland
1965: Master-Degree at California Stanford University
1967: Resides in New York City
1969: Professor of Art an der University of Yale und der State University of New York
1971: Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
1974: National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1981: National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1982: Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muoller, Otterlo, Holland
1984: Laumier Scuplture Park, St Louis, Missouri
1988: Olympic Park, Seoul, South Korea
1996: Ballerup Kommune, Kopenhagen
: Stipendium der Guggenheim Foundation und National Endowment for the Arts
: Died on Jan 21 in New York

Exhibitions

2012: Dennis Oppenheim - Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011: Dennis Oppenheim - Musée d'Art moderne de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne
: Ecstasy… Body, Art, Land - Galerie Samuel Lallouz, Montreal, QC
: Dennis Oppenheim - Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010: The Body as Sculpture - Dennis Oppenheim - Musée Auguste Rodin - Paris, Paris
: Early Works - Thomas Solomon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
: Dennis Oppenheim - Galleria Fumagalli, Bergamo
: Electric Kisses, Marta Herford, Herford, Germany
: Performance Films 1970-1974, Ar t Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
2009: Jarmuschek + Partner, Berlin, Germany
: Experimental Films and Videos by DENNIS OPPENHEIM (1970-74) and ANNELIES STRBA (1997-2006), Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland (solo)
2008: Drawings, Ball State University Museum of Art, Muncie , IN
: Safety Cones, Seattle Art Museum , Seattle, USA
: Edelman Arts, New York, USA
: Bending Nature, Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus, Ohio (USA)
: That Was Then ... This Is Now, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
: Dennis Oppenheim and Open Space, Open Concept Gallery, Grand Rapids MI, USA (solo)
: The Dennis Oppenheim Weeks. Retrospective, Kunstraum Potsdam (Germany) (solo)
: Studies, Drawings and other works, Galerie Sandrine Mons, Nizza, France
2007: What does the Jellyfiish want?, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
: Montrasio Arte , Milano, Italy
: Galerie Pièce Unique, Paris, France (solo)
2006: Photo-Kunst der letzten 40 Jahre in der Graphischen Sammlung, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany
: busy going crazy. the Sylvio Perlstein collection, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France
: Artists at Work, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
: Irritation des Gleichgewichts, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland
: Lovely Shanghai Music, Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
: Crisis of Modernism: The Post-Minimal Rebellion", Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
: Center for Contemporary Art, CCA Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu (solo)
: Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY (solo)
: New Moment Ideas Gallery, Belgrad, Serbia (solo)
: Les Grands Spectacles - 120 Jahre Kunst und Massenkultur, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria
: Modèles modèles, Mamco - musée d´art moderne et contemporain, Genf , Switzerland
: Overhead / Underfoot - The Topographical Perspective in Photography , Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
: Personal Mythologies - Earlier, Recent and Future Acquisitions, The Contemporary Museum Honolulu, Honolulu, HI
: Das Biest und andere Dämonen - Gemälde und Grafiken, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Germany
: The Last Picture Show - Artists using Photography 1960-1982, Miami Art Central, Miami, FL
: Slide Show , CAC - Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
: Centro Cultural Bancaja de Valencia, Valencia, Spain (solo)
: Videographies – The Early Decades – Cycle I and II, National Museum of Contemporary Art - EMST, Athens, Greece
: Superstars - Das Prinzip Prominenz. Von Warhol bis Madonna, Kunsthalle Wien / Kunstforum Wien, Austria
: De la comtesse De Castiglione à Cindy Sherman, † Galerie de France, Paris, France
: Casa de la provincia, Sevilla, Spain (solo)
: Sala de Exposiciones de Verónicas, Murcia, Spain (solo)
2005: Galleria In Arco, Turin, Italy (solo)
: EXIT- Ausstieg aus dem Bild, ZKM | Museum für Neue Kunst & Medienmuseum, Karlsruhe, Germany
2004: Círculo de Bellas Arte, Madrid, Spain (solo)
2003: Centro Cultural Sa Nostra, Palma de Mallorca, Spain (solo)
: Nevada Museum of Art, Reno NV (solo)
2002: Joseph Helman Gallery, New York (solo)
: Musee des Beaux-Arts d'Arras, Arras, France (solo)
: Ludwig Forum, Aachen; Germany (solo)
2001: Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Irland (solo)
: Guild Hall, East Hampton, U.S.A. (solo)
1997: Documenta X, Kassel, Germany
: Stefan Stux Gallery New York, New York
1996: Manheimer Kuntsverein Germany, Palazoo Delle Exposizioni Rome, Italy
: Museum of Comtemporary Los Angeles, CA
1993: Selected seminal works from 1967 to the present, Galerie Renée Ziegler, Zürich, Switzerland
1984: Tel Aviv Museum of Art Tel Aviv, Israel
1982: Metaphor, Hishorn Museum Washington, DC
1981: Whitney Biennale Italy
1974: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Holland
1972: Tate Gallery London, England
1970: Information, Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
1969: Ocean Project, Museum of Modern Art New York, NY

Public Collections

: Museu Serralves , Porto
: MIT List Cisual Arts Center , Cambridge / MA
: Mamco Genf
: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
: Kunstmuseum Bonn
: Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art , Helsinki
: International Artists' Museum , Lodz
: Contemporary Art Museum Honolulu
: Castello di Rivoli , Turin
: Zentrum für Zeitgenössische Kunst Schloss Ujazdowski , Warschau
: University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum , Tampa
: SMAK Gent
: Nevada Museum of Art , Reno
: Neue Galerie , Graz
: Museum of Contemporary Art , North Miami
: Museum of Contemporary Art , Chicago
: Musée d'Art Contemporain , Marseille
: Musée d'Art moderne de Lille M6tropole , Villeneuve dAscq

Literature

2001: Oppenheim Explorations Germano Celant, Charta, Milano
1997: Sculpture in the Age of Doubt, Thomas McEvilley, Allworth Press, New York
: Dennis Oppenheim, Germano Celant, Charta, Milano
1996: Dennis Oppenheim, Fundacao De Serralves, Porto
1995: Dennis Oppenheim Land Art 1968-78, Vestsjaellands Kunstmuseum, Storgade, Denmark
1994: Dennis Oppenheim Obra 1967-1994, Ajuntament de Barcelona, Barcelona
1992: Dennis Oppenheim, Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona
1991: Dennis Oppenheim Drawings, Barbara Rose, La Difference, Paris
1990: Dennis Oppenheim: Selected Works 1967-90, Thomas McEvilley and Alanna Heiss, Harry N. Abrams Inc. and the Institute for Contemporary Art, New York
1984: Dennis Oppenheim, The Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv
1979: Dennis Oppenheim, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel
1978: Dennis Oppenheim, Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
1977: Dennis Oppenheim: Retrospective Works 1967-1977, Musee d'Art Contemporain, Montreal
1974: Dennis Oppenheim, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
: Dennis Oppenheim, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

Dennis Oppenheim

(American, 1938–2011)

Dennis Oppenheim

Dennis Oppenheim

Dennis Oppenheim

Dennis Oppenheim

Dennis Oppenheim

Dennis Oppenheim

Dennis Oppenheim

Dennis Oppenheim

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

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