Top: World War II Housing, Vancouver, BC, 1978; Bottom: New Row Houses, Newark, NJ, 1966

Top: World War II Housing, Vancouver, BC, 1978; Bottom: New Row Houses, Newark, NJ, 1966

Dan GrahamWW-1978-084968
1978·Chromogenic color prints (2)·Image/paper, upper: 24.8 × 33 cm (9 13/16 × 13 in.); Image/paper, lower: 23.3 × 33.4 cm (9 3/16 × 13 3/16 in.); Mount: 71.2 × 51 cm (28 1/16 × 20 1/8 in.)

<p>An interest in the social habits that shape our perceptions of one another and our built environment marks Dan Graham's interdisciplinary practice, which encompasses photography, film and video, performance, and site-specific installations. <em>New Row Houses</em> was taken as part of his pivotal Conceptual work Homes for America. First presented in 1966 as a slideshow, the project comprised photographs of housing developments that Graham captured during his frequent commute between New York City and his parents' home in Westfield, New Jersey. Graham emphasized the repetitive, reductive nature of a mass-produced suburban landscape in a way that suggested that Minimal Art might be found and interpreted to greater effect in the real world. The project appeared in multiple forms, including an illustrated article in <em>Arts Magazine</em>. Graham continued to take photographs of these structures well into the 1970s, even as he developed his own architectural forms.</p>

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Year
1978
Dimensions
Image/paper, upper: 24.8 × 33 cm (9 13/16 × 13 in.); Image/paper, lower: 23.3 × 33.4 cm (9 3/16 × 13 3/16 in.); Mount: 71.2 × 51 cm (28 1/16 × 20 1/8 in.)

Artist

Dan Graham
Dan Graham

Sculpture

Daniel Graham was an American visual artist, writer, and curator in the writer-artist tradition. In addition to his visual works, he published a large array of critical and speculative writing that spanned the spectrum from heady art theory essays, reviews of rock music, Dwight D. Eisenhower's paintings, and Dean Martin's television show. His early magazine-based art predates, but is often associated with, conceptual art. His later work focused on cultural phenomena by incorporating photography, video, performance art, glass and mirror installation art structures, and closed-circuit television. He lived and worked in New York City.

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Year
1978
Dimensions
Image/paper, upper: 24.8 × 33 cm (9 13/16 × 13 in.); Image/paper, lower: 23.3 × 33.4 cm (9 3/16 × 13 3/16 in.); Mount: 71.2 × 51 cm (28 1/16 × 20 1/8 in.)
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WW-1978-084968

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