Oppenheim Dennis
Biography
Recently selected to participate as an artist in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China Dennis Oppenheim continues to be an influential figure in international contemporary art. He first achieved recognition for conceptual work in the sixties, traversing through Earth and Body Art, video and performance. Using his body as a site to challenge the self he also explored, through numerous gallery and museum installations, the boundaries of personal risk, transformation and communication.
In the eighties he used complex constructions, machine-factory installations to create metaphors for the artistic process. Transformation through mutation was the basis for sculpture through the nineties. Since then the artist has concentrated on permanent public sculpture. Through this work he fuses an interest in architecture with sculpture.
Dennis Oppenheim was born in 1938 in Electric City, Washington. He received his B.F.A. from the School of Arts and Crafts, and an M.F.A. from Stanford University. Dennis Oppenheim lives and works in New York.
Please visit www.dennis-oppenheim.com for a complete overview of his work.
