Newton discovering gravity by Dennis Oppenheim
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Newton discovering gravity 1992

Dennis Oppenheim

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90 ⨯ 63 cm
€ 650

Hans den Hollander Prints

  • Sobre arte
    Original lithograph
    "Newton discovering gravity". From the 50 original works of the Olympic Centennial Suite, the IOC printed 250 lithographs of each work, all measuring 63/90cm, on Arches vellum paper (270 grams), signed by the artist and numbered.

    Dennis Oppenheim recreated, on a two-dimensional support, his artistic installation NEWTON DISCOVERING GRAVITY, made in 1984 in Artpark Lewiston, New York, where artists spent summers creating temporary artworks outdoors. This sculpture was a half transparent head in stainless steal mesh work which was also the platform for a firework extravaganza on 1 August 1984.

    The "Olympic Centennial Suite ", brings together 50 works by international artists who are representative of the variety of contemporary artistic tendencies. It was created on the occasion of the centenary of the foundation of the International Olympic Committee in 1994. For the choice of the works, the IOC brought in two prestigious French art critics, Gérard Xuriguera and Francis Parent. More than two years were necessary to constitute this Suite, with the aim of representing, in just 50 works, the multiplicity of creative work produced over the last five decades, from the figurative to the abstract, from hyperrealism to minimalism, from the new figurative school to abstract expressionism, as well as geometrism, conceptual art, and body art. It was decided that each international artist selected should create a work on a two-dimensional support. Some of these artists, aware of the importance of the message of the Olympic Movement, have rendered this spirit a special homage, while always remaining faithful to their own personal style. This "Suite" can be qualified as the jewel of the art collection of The Olympic Museum.
  • Sobre artista
    Dennis Oppenheim (1938-2011) foi um artista conceitual americano, artista performático, land artist, escultor e fotógrafo. Oppenheim nasceu em Electric City, Washington. Logo depois, sua família voltou para sua casa na área da Baía de São Francisco. Depois de obter o grau de Mestre em Belas Artes (1965) na Universidade de Stanford em Palo Alto, Oppenheim mudou-se para Nova York em 1966, onde foi professor de arte na creche e no ensino médio. Oppenheim teve sua primeira exposição individual em 1968 na John Gibson Gallery em Nova York. Até sua morte, ele viveu e trabalhou na cidade de Nova York. A land art de Oppenheim incluía designs esculpidos em campos de trigo, e ele passou a usar seu próprio corpo em obras performáticas como Reading Position for Second Degree Burn (1970). Outros trabalhos incluem Blood Breathe (1996), dois narizes gigantes invertidos, e Lightening Bolt Man (2001), um cadáver preso ao chão por um raio de fibra de vidro. Na década de 1990, ele também começou a ampliar itens do cotidiano, como pincéis e cones de segurança, para servir de peça central de suas instalações.

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