Dan Graham in Copenhagen
07 Nov - 19 Dec 2008
© Dan Graham
Square Bisected by Curve (2008)
Stainless steel and two-way mirror glass
212 x 305,5 x 305,5 cm
Square Bisected by Curve (2008)
Stainless steel and two-way mirror glass
212 x 305,5 x 305,5 cm
DAN GRAHAM IN COPENHAGEN
From November 7th to December 19th 2008
It is a great pleasure for Galleri Nicolai Wallner to present Dan Graham in Copenhagen, the first solo presentation of Dan Graham’s work in Denmark. The exhibition features a new pavilion especially made for this exhibition, together with two new models of pavilions and a group of photographs.
Dan Graham has created pavilions in glass and steel since the early 1980s. They appear as merges between a traditional garden pavilion, a modernist building and a Minimal sculpture. This upheaval of conventional boundaries between architecture and sculpture produces a kind of intentional ambivalence in Graham’s work. The pavilions use space and double-sided mirror to draw in the visitor, the relationship between visitor and artwork being the focus of Graham’s overall artistic project. In spite of or perhaps even due to their reduced and minimal appearance, the pavilions offer a rich perspective on the psychology of our culture. They respond to changes in light and the visitors that come and go. They act as stages for meetings and encounters and make us reflect on our relationship to art, our surroundings, ourselves, and other people.
Through his photographs Graham continues the exploration of the shifting fabric of society. The works bring together images that might appear at odds - a view of organized office is set against homeless people sleeping in a corporate atrium. In line with this the exhibition brings together seminal images from the 1960s with more recent photos taken within the last couple of years.
Dan Graham (born 1942) is one of the most influential figures of contemporary art and he is renowned both for his role as an artist, writer and art critic. During his more than 40 year career he has worked with film, video, performance, photography, and sculpture/installation. A major touring retrospective of Graham's work opens at Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art in February 2009 and travels to the Whitney Museum and the Walker Art Center.
We are happy to welcome you in the gallery.
With kind regards,
Galleri Nicolai Wallner
From November 7th to December 19th 2008
It is a great pleasure for Galleri Nicolai Wallner to present Dan Graham in Copenhagen, the first solo presentation of Dan Graham’s work in Denmark. The exhibition features a new pavilion especially made for this exhibition, together with two new models of pavilions and a group of photographs.
Dan Graham has created pavilions in glass and steel since the early 1980s. They appear as merges between a traditional garden pavilion, a modernist building and a Minimal sculpture. This upheaval of conventional boundaries between architecture and sculpture produces a kind of intentional ambivalence in Graham’s work. The pavilions use space and double-sided mirror to draw in the visitor, the relationship between visitor and artwork being the focus of Graham’s overall artistic project. In spite of or perhaps even due to their reduced and minimal appearance, the pavilions offer a rich perspective on the psychology of our culture. They respond to changes in light and the visitors that come and go. They act as stages for meetings and encounters and make us reflect on our relationship to art, our surroundings, ourselves, and other people.
Through his photographs Graham continues the exploration of the shifting fabric of society. The works bring together images that might appear at odds - a view of organized office is set against homeless people sleeping in a corporate atrium. In line with this the exhibition brings together seminal images from the 1960s with more recent photos taken within the last couple of years.
Dan Graham (born 1942) is one of the most influential figures of contemporary art and he is renowned both for his role as an artist, writer and art critic. During his more than 40 year career he has worked with film, video, performance, photography, and sculpture/installation. A major touring retrospective of Graham's work opens at Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art in February 2009 and travels to the Whitney Museum and the Walker Art Center.
We are happy to welcome you in the gallery.
With kind regards,
Galleri Nicolai Wallner