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1938 Electric City, Washington - 2011 Manhattan, New York City. Known for: Conceptual installations, mixed media, earth and body art.
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist:. Dennis Oppenheim, a Pioneer in Earthworks and Conceptual Art, Dies at 72. By ROBERTA SMITH. Published: January 26, 2011. Dennis Oppenheim, a... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist:. Dennis Oppenheim, a Pioneer in Earthworks and Conceptual Art, Dies at 72. By ROBERTA SMITH. Published: January 26, 2011. Dennis Oppenheim, a pioneer of earthworks, body art and Conceptual art who later made emphatically tangible installations... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist:. Dennis Oppenheim, a Pioneer in Earthworks and Conceptual Art, Dies at 72. By ROBERTA SMITH. Published: January 26, 2011. Dennis Oppenheim, a pioneer of earthworks, body art and Conceptual art who later made emphatically tangible installations and public sculptures that veered between the demonically chaotic and the cheerfully Pop, died on Friday in Manhattan. He was 72. The cause was liver cancer, his wife, Amy Van Winkle Plumb, said. Mr.... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist:. Dennis Oppenheim, a Pioneer in Earthworks and Conceptual Art, Dies at 72. By ROBERTA SMITH. Published: January 26, 2011. Dennis Oppenheim, a pioneer of earthworks, body art and Conceptual art who later made emphatically tangible installations and public sculptures that veered between the demonically chaotic and the cheerfully Pop, died on Friday in Manhattan. He was 72. The cause was liver cancer, his wife, Amy Van Winkle Plumb, said. Mr. Oppenheim, who died at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, had homes in Manhattan and the Springs section of East Hampton on Long Island. Belonging to a generation of artists who saw portable painting and sculpture as obsolete, Mr. Oppenheim... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist:. Dennis Oppenheim, a Pioneer in Earthworks and Conceptual Art, Dies at 72. By ROBERTA SMITH. Published: January 26, 2011. Dennis Oppenheim, a pioneer of earthworks, body art and Conceptual art who later made emphatically tangible installations and public sculptures that veered between the demonically chaotic and the cheerfully Pop, died on Friday in Manhattan. He was 72. The cause was liver cancer, his wife, Amy Van Winkle Plumb, said. Mr. Oppenheim, who died at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, had homes in Manhattan and the Springs section of East Hampton on Long Island. Belonging to a generation of artists who saw portable painting and sculpture as obsolete, Mr. Oppenheim started out in the realm of the esoteric, the immaterial and the chronically unsala... Read full biography
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Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist:
Dennis Oppenheim, a Pioneer in Earthworks and Conceptual Art, Dies at 72
By ROBERTA SMITH
Published: January 26, 2011
Dennis Oppenheim, a pioneer of earthworks, body art and Conceptual art who later made emphatically tangible installations and public sculptures that veered between the demonically chaotic and the cheerfully Pop, died on Friday in Manhattan. He was 72.
The cause was liver cancer, his wife, Amy Van Winkle Plumb, said. Mr. Oppenheim, who died at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, had homes in Manhattan and the Springs section of East Hampton on Long Island.
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