His later work (from the late-70's on) was not so systems based but his early work, which I really appreciate, was. But his later work was also terrific.
Best Simon On 23/01/2011 16:20, "Alan Sondheim" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 > 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
