Dennis Oppenheim

DENNIS OPPENHEIM (Washington, 1938 - New York, 2011).
Untitled, 1987.
Mixed media on paper.
Signed and dated on the right side.
Measurements: 96 x 126 cm; 100 x 130 cm (frame).
Dennis Oppenheim was an American graphic artist and sculptor. Oppenheim was born in Washington state in 1938 and trained at the California School of Arts and Crafts. In 1966 he moved to New York, where he lived and worked until his death at the age of 72.
After coming into contact with the most important generations of artists of the 20th century, he became one of the forerunners of conceptual art, pioneering as a performance artist.
His public recognition came at the end of the 1960s as a representative, along with other artists, of the Land Art movement.
He was one of the leading contemporary artists on the international scene. Oppenheim's work is present in more than 70 major museums, collections and public spaces around the world.
In Spain, his works could be seen at the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid in 2005 and also through a retrospective organized by the Cristóbal Gabarrón Museum-Foundation in Valladolid in 2004, which later traveled to the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid and other cities.
He also has permanent public works in three Spanish locations: Stage Set for a Film, installed in the Paseo de Zorrilla in Valladolid in 1998, Crystal Garden, inaugurated in the Madrid municipality of Navalcarnero in February 2007 and Device to Root out Evil, installed in the city of Palma de Mallorca in 1997 and which is a replica of the one made in 1966 in Venice by the same author.
Oppenheim's work is present in major museums, collections and public spaces around the world.