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Birth
1938 (Electric City, Washington)
Death
2011 (Manhattan, New York City)
Lived/Active
New York/California
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conceptual installations, mixed media, earth and body art
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Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist:
Dennis Oppenheim, a Pioneer in Earthworks and Conceptual Art, Dies at 72
By ROBERTA SMITH
Published: January 26, 2011
Dennis Oppenheim, a pioneer of earthworks, body art and Conceptual art
who later made emphatically tangible installations and public
sculptures that veered between the demonically chaotic and the
cheerfully Pop, died on Friday in Manhattan. He was 72.
The cause was liver c (showing 500 of 12172 characters). |
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