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Launching Structure #3 an Original Drawing by Dennis Oppenheim
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Dennis Oppenheim (1938-2011) was a conceptual artist, earth artist, sculptor, photographer, and performance artist, who was instrumental in the Performance Art and early Land Art movements. He exhibited alongside prominent artists of the age such as Michael Heizer, Robert Smithson, Robert Morris, and Vito Acconci.
By the early 1970s, Oppenheim was among the artists who combined video and film with their performances. By the early 80’s, he had started to work on his machine pieces and was commissioned to create large public pieces in many major cities all over the world. This original drawing entitled Launching Structure #3, was for a project in Geneva that featured large mechanical structure that launched fireworks through dynamic mechanical movements.
This large mixed media drawing is in good vintage condition. It has crease marks to the paper and very minor foxing in places. The drawing has been framed under guidance from the artist’s estate.
- Creator:Dennis A. Oppenheim (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 50.01 in (127 cm)Width: 38.19 in (97 cm)Depth: 1.58 in (4 cm)
- Style:Modern (Of the Period)
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- Place of Origin:
- Period:1980-1989
- Date of Manufacture:1982
- Condition:Minor fading. This piece has crease marks to the paper and very minor foxing in places.
- Seller Location:London, GB
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Dennis A. Oppenheim
ennis Oppenheim (Electric City, September 6, 1938 - New York, January 21, 2011) was an American sculptor, conceptual artist, performance artist, land art artist and photographer. He earned his BFA from the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California in 1964 and an MFA from Stanford University in Palo Alto, California in 1965. He moved to New York in 1966, where he first taught art at various schools, before having solo exhibitions in New York in 1968 when he was 30. Oppenheim's early work tended to focus on performances of humans and animals in his shows. In the early 1970s, he was a forerunner in the use of video and film in his performances. Around 1980, Oppenheim shifted his focus from body art and performances to the creation of monumental conceptual arts installations. He participated in both the Venice Biennale and the Johannesburg Biennale in 1997. The artist lived and worked in New York and had been married to American sculptress Alice Aycock since 1982. He died on January 21, 2011 from liver cancer. Oppenheim was represented in the Netherlands with a monumental work in the Sculpture Park of the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo: Station for detaining and blinding radioactive horses, stage II (1981-1982). Due to the poor condition of the work in 1990, it was decided to return it to the artist in 1992. In 1996, a selection of Oppenheim's work was shown in a summer exhibition.
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