Dennis Oppenheim, Device to Root out Evil

Dennis Oppenheim

American · 1967–2011 · Printmaker, Sculptor

Dennis Oppenheim was an American conceptual artist, performance artist, earth artist, sculptor and photographer. (Wikipedia)

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  1. Dennis Oppenheim, Heavy Dog Kiss, 1993, painted bronze and steel with concrete blocksHeavy Dog KissPhillips · £93,750≈ $123,038≈ €109,163Sign up to see
  2. Dennis Oppenheim, Ground Gel, 1972, 2-part work: One photocollage with 72 c-prints and felt-tip pen on card. One photocollage with 3 colour photographs on cardGround GelLempertz · €15,120≈ $16,204≈ £12,999Sign up to see
  3. Dennis Oppenheim, Identity Stretch, photographIdentity StretchCapitolium Art · €7,560≈ $8,783≈ £6,364Sign up to see

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Dennis Oppenheim was an American conceptual artist, performance artist, earth artist, sculptor and photographer.

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Born 1967, Electric CityDied 2011, RencaOccupation Printmaker, Sculptor, Draughtsman, PhotographerWikidata Q439856 ↗ULAN 500011050 ↗Museum works 3

In the collections of

Art Institute of ChicagoDesign Museum Den BoschFinnish National GalleryGroninger MuseumHAM Helsinki Art MuseumIsrael MuseumMetropolitan Museum of ArtMu.ZEE - Kunstmuseum aan ZeeMuseo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina SofíaMuseum Boijmans Van BeuningenMuseum of Modern ArtMusée National d'Art ModerneNational Gallery of CanadaNational Gallery of VictoriaPicker Art GalleryRoyal Museums of Fine Arts of BelgiumSan Francisco Museum of Modern ArtSmithsonian American Art MuseumStedelijk Museum AmsterdamStedelijk Museum voor Actuele KunstThe Nelson-Atkins Museum of ArtVan AbbemuseumWallonia-Brussels Federation Museum of Contemporary ArtsWhitney Museum of American ArtZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe

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conceptual artViennese Actionism

Also known as Dennis A. Oppenheim

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Dennis Oppenheim, Device to Root out Evil
Device to Root out Evil1997
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CC BY 2.0 · Thom Quine, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Dennis Oppenheim, Cactus forest
Cactus forest2007
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CC0 · SantiagoGonzalezPerezUM, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)
Dennis Oppenheim, Still Dancing
Still Dancing
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CC BY 2.0 · Jim McDougall from Glasgow, Scotland, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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