Most of his work wasn't systems based, but allegorical on a large theatrical scale; there was an article decades ago by Burnham talking about the way Oppenheim's work couldn't be pigeonholed, that it evaded critique - which is one reason it wasn't discussed the way Acconci or Graham were - they were far more linear... Dennis was in my Individuals book with one of the richest texts / pieces around - Alan
On Sun, 23 Jan 2011, Simon Biggs wrote: > A major influence on my work. A key artist, up there with Smithson and > Sonfist. These were systems based artists who were able to transcend the > reductive logic so many felt compelled to indulge when captivated by systems > thought. They each offer important lessons for artists working with digital > media, even though they never worked with it. > > Best > > Simon > > > On 23/01/2011 00:24, "Alan Sondheim" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> Dennis Oppenheim just died; he was one of the most amazing artists I've ever >> known... A really sad day - >> >> - Alan >> >> >> == >> email archive: http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ >> webpage http://www.alansondheim.org >> music archive: http://www.espdisk.com/alansondheim/ >> current text http://www.alansondheim.org/qw.txt >> == >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> > > > Simon Biggs > [email protected] > http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ > > [email protected] > http://www.elmcip.net/ > http://www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > == email archive: http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ webpage http://www.alansondheim.org music archive: http://www.espdisk.com/alansondheim/ current text http://www.alansondheim.org/qw.txt == _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
