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Dennis Oppenheim

1938 - 2011

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Dennis Oppenheim (September 6, 1938 – January 21, 2011) was an American conceptual artist, performance artist, earth artist, sculptor and photographer. Dennis Oppenheim's early artistic practice is an epistemological questioning about the nature of art, the making of art and the definition of art: a meta-art that arose when strategies of the Minimalists were expanded to focus on site and context. As well as an aesthetic agenda, the work progressed from perceptions of the physical properties of the gallery to the social and political context, largely taking the form of permanent public sculpture in the last two decades of a highly prolific career, whose diversity could exasperate his critics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dennis Oppenheim is the 158th most popular sculptor (up from 192nd in 2019), the 5,069th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,580th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Dennis Oppenheim ranks 158 out of 258. Before him are Georg Kolbe, Paolo Troubetzkoy, Alina Szapocznikow, Antoine-Denis Chaudet, Alexandre Falguière, and Georges Lacombe. After him are Jorge Oteiza, Tino di Camaino, James Pradier, Cephisodotus the Younger, Pietro Bracci, and Halyna Sevruk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Dennis Oppenheim ranks 277. Before him are Severino Reija, Lawrence Block, Marita Lindahl, Karl Schranz, Barry Newman, and Moshe Safdie. After him are Enzo G. Castellari, Daevid Allen, Anatoly Marchenko, Shashi Kapoor, Torgny Lindgren, and Lindsay Kemp. Among people deceased in 2011, Dennis Oppenheim ranks 195. Before him are Elaine Stewart, James L. Elliot, Hind Rostom, David Wilkerson, John Wood, and Michael S. Hart. After him are Paulette Dubost, Inge Sørensen, Yevhen Rudakov, Sam Rivers, Jeff Conaway, and Alfonso Cano.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dennis Oppenheim ranks 5,069 out of 20,380. Before him are Beth Hart (1972), Leonard Peltier (1944), Grote Reber (1911), Leslie Jones (1967), Michelle Monaghan (1976), and Fanny Crosby (1820). After him are Warren Sturgis McCulloch (1898), Katherine Helmond (1929), John Warner (1927), Dannel Malloy (1955), Efraim Zuroff (1948), and Ann Wilson (1950).

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Among SCULPTORS In United States

Among sculptors born in United States, Dennis Oppenheim ranks 7. Before him are Alexander Calder (1898), Isamu Noguchi (1904), Robert Smithson (1938), Dan Flavin (1933), Robert Morris (1931), and Anna Coleman Ladd (1878). After him are Walter De Maria (1935), Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875), Duane Hanson (1925), Jacob Epstein (1880), Audrey Munson (1891), and Edmonia Lewis (1844).

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