Dennis Oppenheim

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Tumbling Mirage, 2007. Project for the Arizona Desert Mixta /papel 60,5 x 78, 5 cm

Tumbling Mirage, 2007. Project for the Arizona Desert Mixta /papel 60,5 x 78, 5 cm

Tumbling Mirage, 2007. Project for the Arizona Desert Mixta /papel 60,5 x 78, 5 cm

Project for Court house, 2007 mixta/papel 90 x 121 cm

Project for Miami Florida, 2007 Mixta /papel 90 x 60,5 cm

Tumbling Mirage, 2007. Project for the Arizona Desert Mixta /papel 60,5 x 78, 5 cm

Project for North Carolina Light Rail, 07 mixta/papel 90 x 121 cm

Salutations to the Sky, 2005 Proposal for the Sacramento River Excavated earth, water Alterd aerial photography 48”x48”// 36” x 36”

Gathering, 2005 Bronce green color Bronce golden color Aluminium 18 x 12 x 19 cm Ed: 1/ 8, 8/8

Gathering, 2005 Bronce green color Bronce golden color Aluminium 18 x 12 x 19 cm Ed: 1/ 8, 8/8

Gathering, 2005 Bronce green color Bronce golden color Aluminium 18 x 12 x 19 cm Ed: 1/ 8, 8/8

Last Dance, 2004 Bronce 35 x 23 x 23 cm aprx. Ed; 1/8, 8/8

Last Dance, 2004 Bronce 35 x 23 x 23 cm aprx. Ed; 1/8, 8/8

Martian Rock, 2003 Metal, plásticos 50 105 x 42 cm Ed: 1/8, 8/8, 2PA,1HC

Iron/boat (small sculptures) Fiberglass with a mirror face 14 inches high

Dennis Oppemheim

(Electric City, Washington, 1938, New York City 2011)

Educated at the School of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California (B.F.A., 1965) and Stanford University, Palo Alto, California (M.F.A., 1965).

SELECTED ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

Volume!, Rome, Italy, 2006

Galerie Piece Unique, Paris, France, 2006

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain, 2005

MAM Maro Mauroner Contemporary Art , Vienna, Austria, 2005

Price Tower Arts Center, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 2005

Kogart, Budapest, Hungary, 2005

White Box, New York, New York, U.S.A. 2004

Galleries de Lycee, Fond Regional d’Art Contemporain de Picardie, Amiens, France 2004

Whitney Museum of Art, New York, New York, U.S.A. 2003

Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, U.S.A. 2003

Centre de Cultura, “Sa Nostra”, Palma de Mallorca, Spain 2003

Ierimonti Gallery, Milan, Italy 2003

Eaton Fine Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A. 2003

Michael H. Lord Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A. 2002

John Gibson Gallery, New York, U.S.A. 2002

Eaton Fine Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A. 2002

Joseph Helman Gallery, New York, U.S.A. 2002

Guild Hall, East Hampton, U.S.A. 2001

Joan Guaita, Palma, Spain 2001

Musee des Beaux-Arts d’Arras, Arras, France 2001

Dorfman  Projects, New York, U.S.A. 2001

Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany, 2001

The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland, 2001

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., 1999

Museo de Arte Alvar, Mexico City, Mexico, 1998

Pilkington SIV, Venice Marghera, Venice, Italy, 1997

Rijksmusuem Kroller-Muller, Otterlo, The Netherlands, 1996

MAMCO, Geneva, Switzerland, 1996

Fundacao de Serralves, Porto, Portugal, 1996

Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona, Spain, 1994

Musee D’Art Moderne de la Communaute Urbaine de Lille, France, 1994

Sala D’Exposicions, Principality of Andorra, Andorra, 1993

Porin Taidesmuseio, Pori, Finland (retrospective), 1993

Oulu Taidesmuseo, Oulu, Finland (retrospective), 1993

Ujazdoski Castle, Warsaw, Poland (retrospective), 1993

The Institute for Contemporary Art, Long Island City, New York, U.S.A., 1991

Pierides Museum, Athens, Greece, 1990

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California, U.S.A., 1984

Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1984

Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 1979

Retrospective, Musee d’Art Contemporain, Montreal, Canada, 1978

Retrospective, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada, 1978

Museum of Boymans-van-Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1976

Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium, 1975

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1974

 

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

PS1 MOMA, “Not for Sale” Long Island City, New York 2007

Berkeley Art Museum, University of Califorinia, “Measure of Time”, Berkeley, California, 2007

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, “Collection of the Fondation Cartier Pour l’art Contemporain,” Tokyo, Japan, 2006

Centre national d’art  Georges Pompidou, “Big Bang:Creation and Destruction in the 20th Century,” Paris, France., 2006

Tecomah, “Les Environmentales #3,” Jouy-en-Josas, France 2004

Tate Liverpool, “Art, Lies and Videotape, “ Liverpool, England 2004

Valencia Biennal, “The Ideal City”, Valencia, Spain. 2003

Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, “Ready to Shoot- Fernsehgalerie Gerry Schum,”  Dusseldorf, Germany 2003

Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, “II Buenos Aires International Art Biennial”, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2002

The Whitney Museum of American Art, “The American Century 1950-2000, Part II,” New

York, New York, U.S.A. , 1999

XXIV Biennale Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1998

Centre Georges Pompidou, “L’empreinte,” Paris, France, 1997

Museum of Contemporary Art, “Reconsidering the Object of Art, 1965-1975,” Los Angeles, California , U.S.A., 1995

Institute of Contemporary Art, “Video Art,” Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , U.S.A., 1975

Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller, “Films/Sonsbeek,” Otterlo, Holland, 1971

Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, “Projection ‘71,” Dusseldorf, West Germany, 1971

Museum of Modern Art, “Information,” New York, New York , U.S.A., 1970

Museum of Contemporary Art, “Body,” San Francisco, California , U.S.A., 1970

Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art, Cornell University, “Earth Art,” Ithaca, New York, U.S.A., 1969

 

 

SELECTED  COMMISSIONS

RISING AND SETTING NEIGHBORHOODS, 2006

Commissioned by: MTA Arts for Transit, New York

Location: MNRR Station, Riverdale, New York

ELECTRIC FIELD. 2006

Commissioned by: Oregon Arts Commission

Location: Oregon State University,  Corvallis, Oregon

FLYING GARDENS, 2005

Commissioned by: Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission

Sacramento International Airport, Sacramento, California

CRYSTAL GARDEN, 2003

Commissioned by: Ohio Arts Council

Location: University of Cincinnati, Ohio

PERFORMANCE PIECE, 2000

Commissioned by Grand Arts, Kansas City

Location: Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas

STAGE SET FOR A FILM. (AN EVENT SCULPTURE)., 2001

Commissioned by the Regional Arts and Culture Council

Location :Expo Center , Portland, Oregon

MONUMENT TO ESCAPE, 1999

Commissioned by the Committee for Monuments to Victims of State Terrorism, Buenos Aires, Republic of Argentina,

Location: Memorial Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina

BUS HOME, 2002

Commissioned by the Public Art, City of Buenaventura, California

Location: Pacific View Mall, Buenaventura, California

JUMP AND TWIST, 1999

Commissioned by: Arts Commission, City of Freiburg, Germany

Location: Albert-Luwigs University of Freiburg, Germany

DRINKING STRUCTURE WITH EXPOSED KIDNEY POOL, 1998

Commissioned by  Europos Parkas, Vilniaus, Lithuania

Location Europos Parkas, Vilniaus, Lithuania

STAGE SET FOR A FILM, 1998

Commissioned by Sociedad Municipal de Suelo y Vivenda de Valladolid, S.L.

Location: Canada de Puente Duero., Valladolid, Spain

ENGAGEMENT, 1997

Commissioned by Architekturburo Domenig-Eisenkock, Graz, Austria

Location: City of Leoben, Austria

DEVICE TO ROOT OUT EVIL, 1997

Commissioned for the Venice Biennale, Italy

Collection of The Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado

TAR ROSES, 1996

Commissioned for the Neuberger Museum, Purchase, New York

Location: Private Collection, California

RABBIT FACTORY, 1995

Commissioned by  the Art Committee Ballerup Kommune, Copenhagen, Denmark

Location Ballerup Kommune, Copenhagen, Denmark

CHAIR/POOL, 1995

Commissioned by  Europos Parkas, Vilniaus, Lithuania

Location Europos Parkas, Vilniaus, Lithuania

TEMPEST IN A TEACUP, 1992

Commissioned by  of the Principality of Andorra

Location: Pyrenees Mountains, Andorra

IMPERSONATION STATION,1988

Commissioned by Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee, Seoul, South Korea

Location: Olympic Park, Seoul, South Korea

LEVITATION, CELEBRATION, SEPARATION, 1985

Commissioned by the City of Theirs, France

Location: Rotary, the City of Theirs, France

IMAGE INTERVENTION, 1984

Collection of the University of Alaska at Anchorage, Alaska,

DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES. JOURNEY OF AN EXPLODED WEAVE. (MONDRIAN UNDER PRESSURE)., 1984

Commissioned by Tel-Hai College Art Institute, Upper Galilee, Israel

DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES. JOURNEY OF A BROKEN WEAVE.,1981

Commissioned by the Albuquerque Arts Commission

Location: University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico

BASKET AND WAVE, 1984

Commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Victoria, Australia

Location: Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Victoria, Australia

ROLLING EXPLOSION, 1984,

Collection of the Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, Missouri,

ROOTS IN CUBISM. HEARTS STARS IN THE STARS. FOREST FOR CEZANNE., 1983

Commissioned by the City of Berlin, Germany

Location: Bundesgartenschau Berlin, Germany

STATION FOR DETAINING AND BLINDING RADIO-ACTIVE HORSES, 1982

Collection of the Kroller Muller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands

FORMULA COMPOUND. A COMBUSTION CHAMBER. AN EXORCISM. (FROM THE FIREWORKS SERIES)., 1982

Commissioned by Gori Collection, Fattoria di Celle, Pistoia, Italy

Location: Gori Collection, Fattoria di Celle, Pistoia, Italy

SCAN. (A DETECTION DEVICE)., 1982

Collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana

 

 

MAJOR ARTICLES

2000 Pamela C. Scorzin, “D.O.,” Kunstler, 50: 2, p. 3-16

1997 Eleanor Heartney, “Dark Laughter,” Art in America, Apr, p. 102-107

1992 G. Roger Denson, “A Poesy of Diagnostics or the Object-Neurology of D.O.,” Parkett,  Spring,p. 20-29

1991 Calvin Reid, “Existential Collisions and Ghostly Herds,” Journal of Art, Dec, p. 39-42

1984 Dennis Oppenheim, “And The Mind Grew Fingers,” Oberlin College Bulletin, Vol. 2, p. 100-111

1981 Emily Braun, “D.O.: The Factories,” Arts Magazine, Jun, p. 138-141

1979 Stuart Morgan, “Gut Reaction,” Artscribe, Feb, p. 34-38

Jean Christophe Ammann, “Neue Installationen 1978/79,” Magazin Kunst,  Jun, p. 24-33

1978 Kim Levin, “D.O.: Post-performance Works,” Arts Magazine, Sep, p. 122-125

1975 Kenneth Baker, “D. O.: An Art with Nothing to Lose,” Arts Magazine, Apr, p. 72-74

1969 Jack Burnham, “D. O.: Catalyst 1967-1970,” ArtsCanada, Aug, p. 42-49

1968 Jean-Louis Bourgeois, “D. O.: A Presence in the Countryside,” Artforum, Sep, p. 34-38

 

 

BOOKS AND CATALOGUES

2001 Oppenheim: Explorations, Germano Celant, Charta, Milano, Italy

2000 Sculpture in the Age of Doubt, Thomas McEvilley, Allworth Press, New York, New York

1997 Dennis Oppenheim, Germano Celant, Charta, Milano, Italy

Dennis Oppenheim,  Fundacao De Serralves, Porto, Portugal

1996 Dennis Oppenheim Land Art 1968-78, Vestsjaellands Kunstmuseum, Storgade, Denmark

1995 Dennis Oppenheim Obra 1967-1994,  Ajuntament de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Dennis Oppenheim The Old In And Out, Galerie de la Tour, Amsterdam, Netherlands

1994 Dennis Oppenheim,  Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona, Spain

1992 Dennis Oppenheim Drawings, Barbara Rose, La Difference, Paris, France

1991 Dennis Oppenheim: Selected Works 1967-90, Thomas McEvilley and Alanna Heiss, Harry N. Abrams Inc. and the Institute for Contemporary Art, New York, New York

1984 Dennis Oppenheim, The Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel

1979 Dennis Oppenheim,  Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Dennis Oppenheim, Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France

1978 Dennis Oppenheim: Retrospective Works 1967-1977, Musee d’Art Contemporain, Montreal, Canada

1975 Dennis Oppenheim, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium

1974 Dennis Oppenheim, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland

 

 

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Akron Art Institute, Akron, Ohio, U.S.A.

Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, U.S.A.

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada

Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

Art Gallery of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A

Bonner Kunstverein, Artothek, Bonn, Germany

Boymans-van-Beuningen, Rotterdam, Holland

Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.

Cargo Centre International d’Arts Visuels, Marseille, France

Centre d’Art Plastique Contemporain, Bordeaux, France

Chiba City Museum, Chiba City, Japan

The City of Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.

Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.A.

Detroit Art Institute, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.

Emanuel Hoffman-Stiftung, Basel, Switzerland

F.R.A.C. Nord pas-de-Calais, Lille, France

F.R.A.C. Picardie, Amiens, France

F.R.A.C. Aquitaine, Aquitaine, France

Fundacao der Serralves, Porto, Portugal

Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A.

Groninger Museum, Groningen, Holland

Haags Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, Holland

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, New York, U.S.A.

Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of of Art, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.

High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.

Hiroshima City Museum, Hiroshima City, Japan

Houston Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.

Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A.

Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Long Island City, New York, U.S.A.

Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

Jewish Museum of Art, New York, New York, U.S.A.

Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Le Musee d’Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark

Ludwig Forum fur Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany

Ludwig Museum, Koln, Germany

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, U.S.A.

Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.

MOT, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan

Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York, U.S.A.

Musee d’Art Contemporain Entrepot, Bordeaux, France

Musee d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland

Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France

Musee d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice, France

Musee de Toulon, Toulon, France

Musee Grenoble, Grenoble, France

Musee National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, France

Musee Royaux des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium

Museum Ludwig, Koln, Germany

Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.A.

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.

Museum of Contemporary Art, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.

Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Museum of Modern Art, Heide Park, Melbourne, Australia

Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, U.S.A.

Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent, Belgium

National Gallery of Art, Ottawa, Canada

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. , U.S.A.

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia

National Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyungkido, Korea

Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California, U.S.A.

Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.

Oakland Museum, Oakland, California, U.S.A.

Oberlin College, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio, U.S.A.

Ohio State University, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.

Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.

Oulu Art Museum, Oulu, Finland

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.

Pori Taidemuseo, Pori, Finland

PS1 Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Long Island City, New York, U.S.A.

Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain

Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller, Otterlo, Holland

Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Samsung Foundation of Art and Culture, Korea

San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California, U.S.A.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California, U.S.A.

Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

Skulpturen Museum der Stadt Marl, Marl, Germany

Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A.

Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, West Germany

Stadtischer Museum Abteiberg Monchengladbach, West Germany

Stadtisches Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland

Tate Gallery, London, England

Tel Aviv Museum, Jerusalem, Israel[

Tel Hai, Upper Galilee, Israel

Ville de Thiers, Thiers, France

Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A.

Walker Hill Art Center, Korea

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, U.S.A.

Weisman Foundation, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

 

Dennis Oppemheim (1938-2011)