Dennis Oppenheim: Six Models

Date
Dec 15, 2007 – Feb 22, 2008
Location
Para/Site Art Space
4 Po Yan Street, Sheung Wan

Dennis Oppenheim

 

American conceptual artist, Dennis Oppenheim is one of the foremost figures working in the field of sculpture today. In past forty years, his rich and impressive oeuvre has spanned through diverse phases – Earth Art, Body Art, The Firework Series, which can seem like the work of several artists. One definitive principle of his work is the attempt to reconnect an object by radically altering its size, as seen in his works where he inflates everyday objects, like wine glasses and cotton shirts to humungous dimensions. His work is in all major museums in the world and his public sculpture works are featured at prominent public spaces worldwide and all major sculpture parks.

Since the 90s, he has brought this creativity into the politics of public space to install numerous site-specific sculptures throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and now China. Para Site Art Space is proud to present Oppenhiem’s first exhibition in China, featuring the drawings and models of a number of public art projects he is working on in 2007. Completing a sculpture commission for the 2008 Beijing Olympics in Chaoyang Park for the opening ceremonies, Oppenheim is also completing a project for the Denver Justice Centre in Colorado and Crystal Mountain, a large-scale public artwork for Spain. Dennis Oppenheim has ongoing outdoor commissions in cities in the United States, Europe, China and Hong Kong. The exhibition of Para Site Art Space presents models and drawings of six projects of Dennis Oppenheim.

 

The exhibition is curated by Tobias Berger and Melissa Lam.

 

More materials are available to view on site at Para Site. 

Click here to see a full inventory of all archive materials and contact us at archive@para-site.art for enquiries, to request an appointment to view materials, and for archival materials donations.

 

The Archive Project is financially supported by the Project Grant of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.

 

 

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