Dennis Oppenheim

Gingerbread Man
1970–1971

A projection of a person's image on a white wall in a dimly lit room, with a row of small figurines lined up along the floor in front of the wall.
A projection of a person's image on a white wall in a dimly lit room, with a row of small figurines lined up along the floor in front of the wall.

Not on view

Date
1970–1971

Classification
Installations

Medium
Super-8 film installation, black-and-white, silent, transferred to video, with three microprojectors, slides, and gingerbread men cookies

Accession number
96.280

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist and purchase, with funds from the Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Committee

Rights and reproductions
Courtesy of the artist

API
artworks/11340

Dennis Oppenheim
25 works in the collection

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On the Hour

A 30-second online art project:
Maya Man, A Realistic Day In My Life Living In New York City

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