DAN GRAHAM

Dan Graham (Urbana, USA, 1942) pursues a multidisciplinary practice (installation, video, performance, drawing, photography and architecture) reflecting on the communication of the artistic practice and on the individual and collective perception. From the beginning of his career during the 60’s, Graham explored the perceptive structures with a corpus of works that involve the spectator transforming it into an essential element.

"Portico", 2018, 2-way mirror glass, aluminium, MDF and acrylic, Edition 2 of 3.
Preparatory study, "Portico", 2018.
Installation view, "Dan Graham; New Models", Cayón Madrid, 2019.
Concerned about the mass culture, the mass media, and the malls, since 1975 he included in his work a fundamental material in his contemporary practice: the mirror-glass. This material leads him to culminate a series, from 1978 onwards, of buildings – known as Pavilions – that hide a deep reflection on architecture, contemporary urbanism in the USA and landscape.
These installations, connected with the idea of the modern shopping center – “temple” of contemporary society-, and with the architecture of large corporations, become scenarios that encourage fun and entertainment due to its reflective surface and its labyrinthine configuration.
Pórtico
2018
2-way mirror glass, aluminium, MDF and acrylic
92 x 100 x 125 cm.
Edition 2 of 3
DG009

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