Richmond: New York artist to speak at city hall
New York artist Dennis Oppenheim will give a free talk next Thursday, April 15 at Richmond City Hall.
Oppenheim is one of several artists with work displayed in Richmond as part of the Vancouver Biennale with the circular Arriving Home located at the Vancouver International Airport.
Oppenheim has been an influential figure in contemporary art for decades. He produced a series of works between 1970 and 1974, using his own body as a site to challenge the self.
In 1981 he began his machine pieces—complex constructions which he used to create a metaphor for the artistic process. By the mid-’80s his sculpture was based on the transformation of everyday objects and since that time his work has become larger scale and permanent, fusing sculpture and architecture.
Born in 1938 in Electric City, Wash., Oppenheim received an MFA from Stanford University and has exhibited his works internationally in galleries and museums.
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