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Dan Graham (born 1942) is a U.S. artist He is based in New York, is an influential figure in the field of contemporary art, both a practitioner of conceptual art and a well-versed art critic and theorist. He was born in Urbana, Illinois, but moved to Winfield Park, NJ at age 3, and then to Westfield, NJ at age 13. Dan's early childhood experience of New Jersey informed some of his early minimal art pieces. Dan and Robert Smithson photographed New Jersey together during the mid to late sixties. Dan was romantically linked to artist Lee Lozano, rock artist Laurie Anderson, and artist Judith Barry among others. Dan has served as a visiting teacher internationally, and was especially influential in Halifax and Vanouver. Motto: E pluribus unum (1789 to 1956) (Latin: Out of Many, One) In God We Trust (1956 to present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at federal level; English de facto Government • President • Vice President Federal republic George...
Official language(s) English Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ...
Conceptual art, sometimes called idea art, is art in which the ideas embodied by a piece are more central to the work than the means used to create it. ...
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Dan Graham has been identified as a minimal artist, conceptual artist, performance artist, rock music writer, art critic, architecture critic and writer, pop culture culture, educator, sculptor, and collaborator with architects and other artists. Widely appreciated in Europe and Japan, Dan has received less recognition in the US than his contemporaries and friends, who include Robert Smithson, Gordon Matta-Clark, Vito Acconci, Sol Lewitt, Carl Andre, Dan Flavin, and many others.
Bibliography - Rock My Religion : Writings and Projects 1965-1990 by Dan Graham, edited by Brian Wallis; (MIT Press 1994) ISBN 0262571064
- Dan Graham Interviews by Dan Graham; (Hatje Cantz 1995) ISBN 3893223185
- Dan Graham - Models to Projects by by Dan Graham and Alexander Alberro; (Marian Goodman Gallery 1998) ISBN 0944219136
- Two-Way Mirror Power: Selected Writings by Dan Graham on His Art
by Dan Graham, edited by Alexander Alberro; (MIT Press 1999) ISBN 0262571307 - Dan Graham: Catalogue Raisonne by Dan Graham, Eric de Bruyn, Benjamin Buchloh, Markus Muller, Marianne Brouwer, and Corinne Diserens; (Richter Verlag 2001) ISBN 393380731X
- Dan Graham: Half Square Half Crazy by Dan Graham, Adachiara Zevi, and Pietro Valle; (Charta 2005) ISBN 8881585200
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