Dan Graham

Dan Graham, 2007

Dan Grahams' walk-in pavilion in the Berlin-Mitte thermal power station

Two-Way Mirror-Hedge, 2001, in the Ständehauspark in Düsseldorf

Dan Graham property in Inhotim , Brazil

Gate of Hope , 1993, Stuttgart , Leibfriedscher Garten

Daniel "Dan" Harry Graham (born March 31, 1942 in Urbana , Illinois ) is a New York based American sculptor , concept and video artist .

Life

Graham studied philosophy at Columbia University in New York. In 1969 he taught for one year at the University of California at San Diego and the following year until 1971 at the Nova Scotia College of Art in Halifax .

Dan Graham is one of the most influential conceptual artists for the younger generation of artists, who with his work questioned the autonomy of artistic work and reflected the role of popular culture. In 2010, Graham was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Exhibitions (selection)

• 1969: Galerie John Daniels, New York (first solo exhibition)
• 1972: documenta 5 , Kassel in the Department of Individual Mythologies : Self-Presentation - Exhibits
• 1977: documenta 6 , Kassel
• 1982: documenta 7 , Kassel
• 1987: Sculpture Projects in Münster 1987
• 1992: DOCUMENTA IX , Kassel
• 1997: documenta X , Kassel
• 1997: Sculpture Projects in Münster 1997
• 2001: Museu Serralves , Porto

Publications

• Gordon Matta-Clark . In: Sabine Breitwieser (Ed.): White Cube / Black Box. Retrospective Valie Export and Gordon Matta-Clark. Reader for the exhibition of the same name (January to June 1996) . EA-Generali Foundation, Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-901107-14-2 , pp. 215-226

literature

• Thomas Dreher: Plastic models as historical metaphors that can be entered . In: Artefactum , Antwerpen, No. 30/1989, September / October 1989, pp. 15-20, 48-50, ISSN  0771-761X .
• Dan Graham. Works 1965–2000 , exhibition catalog Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, a. a. Düsseldorf 2002, ISBN 3-933807-72-7 .
• Dan Graham; Ulrich Wilmes (editor): Selected writings , Stuttgart 1994.
• Hans Dieter Huber (Editor): Dan Graham. Interviews , Ostfildern / Ruit 1997.
• Hannelore Kersting (arrangement): Contemporary art. 1960 to 2007 . Municipal Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach, 2007, ISBN 978-3-924039-55-4 .
• Peter Lodermeyer, Karlyn De Jongh & Sarah Gold, Personal Structures: Time Space Existence, DuMont Verlag, Cologne, Germany, 2009.
• Dan Graham - Between reflection and transparency . In: Markus Stegmann: Architectural Sculpture in the 20th Century. Historical aspects and work structures , Tübingen 1995, pages 151–156.
• Christian Vöhringer: Dan Graham. Gate of Hope 1993 . In: Bärbel Küster (Ed.); Wolfram Janzer (photos): Sculptures of the 20th century in Stuttgart. Heidelberg 2006, pages 110-113.

Web links

Commons : Dan Graham  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Dan Graham in the catalog of the German National Library
• Interview with Dan Graham ( Memento from November 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
• Dan Graham at "Artscape Nordland" (Norway)
• Materials by and about Dan Graham in the documenta archive
• Dan Graham Exhibition at Fundació Antoni Tàpies