Dennis Oppenheim
1938–2011
Introduction
Dennis Oppenheim (September 6, 1938 – January 21, 2011) was an American conceptual artist, performance artist, earth artist, sculptor and photographer. Dennis Oppenheim's early artistic practice is an epistemological questioning about the nature of art, the making of art and the definition of art: a meta-art that arose when strategies of the Minimalists were expanded to focus on site and context. As well as an aesthetic agenda, the work progressed from perceptions of the physical properties of the gallery to the social and political context, largely taking the form of permanent public sculpture in the last two decades of a highly prolific career, whose diversity could exasperate his critics.
Wikidata identifier
Q439856
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Introduction
American conceptual artist associated with body art and early earthworks movement. In the 1980s he created his "machine pieces" and later large-scale public artworks.
Country of birth
United States
Roles
Artist, conceptual artist, installation artist, painter, performance artist, photographer, sculptor, video artist
ULAN identifier
500011050
Names
Dennis Oppenheim, Dennis A. Oppenheim, Dennis Allan Oppenheim
Information from the Getty Research Institute's Union List of Artist Names ® (ULAN), made available under the ODC Attribution License. Accessed May 10, 2025.
