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1941), Dan Graham (b. 1942), Sol LeWitt (19282007), Robert Mangold (b. (PNN Online)
MOCA gets part of nationwide windfall Apr 11, 2008
As one of the first 10 recipients in a three-phase gift program to be announced today, MOCA will enrich its collection with pieces by 21 artists, including Richard Tuttle, Lynda Benglis, Dan Graham and Carl Andre. "It's a terrific acquisition that builds on the collection we have established and coincides with our exhibition history," said Jeremy Strick, the museum's director. (Los Angeles Times)
Three Canadians included in Berlin video-art show Sep 19, 2006
Other featured artists include Switzerland's Pipilotti Rist, France's Pierre Huyghe, Scotland's Douglas Gordon, Gary Hill and Dan Graham from the United States, and Belgium's Marcel Broodthaers. The exhibition runs through Feb. 25, 2007. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
'Burbs take a beating on film Sep 9, 2006
In the early 1960s, Dan Graham, a pre-eminent New York conceptual artist, conceived the "Homes for America" project, which took the convention of the ready-made subdivision a still-new concept and turned its conformist notions of perfection against itself. In a bright and shiny brochure of the day, filled with promises of suburban utopia, Graham toyed with that ideal, twisting it slightly until it became laughably bizarre. (Toronto Star -- Arts)
Far-out ideas for rebooting the 'burbs Apr 23, 2006
In 1966, conceptual artist Dan Graham took the convention of ready-made residential perfection being marketed by subdivisions and turned its conformist absurdities against itself. In a brightly coloured brochure he called Homes for America, Graham twisted the language of marketing ever so slightly to render it laughably bizarre. (Toronto Star -- Arts)
