Love the part about Nauman and Andre thinking materials for their pieces could be returned to the store. And humour in LeWitt. And the story of the three versions of Homes in America, the work that launched his career, the first one without the pictures! (pictures of the spreads below)
Graham was hard to get. There was nobody like him. His work was difficult (the mirror pieces in particular). It stood outside of trends, styles or movements. He was a contrarian, a contrarian’s contrarian maybe.
That he loved magazines, architecture, rock and roll and writing and let those loves inform his work was part of the great “opening up” that was the 60s and 70s, creating many avenues for the artists who followed.
Dan Graham March 31, 1942 – February 19, 2022 Sadly missed.
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First posted on Instagram, @sketch_finish
A year of being unsure whether to put others before yourself 100%, 1 vote
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But of course all this is just a pretext to say “Best wishes to you and yours for the new year ahead!”
P.S. My positivity goals for 2020 did not really work out. I did write a little media criticism, and posted some things to Medium until I realized all that’s about is them making money from others’ unpaid labour. Anyway, I ended off the 2019 post by giving Mr. Talking Head a boost: they are still talking, to whom one wonders, but still: https://reasonstobecheerful.world