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Dennis Oppenheim — Rocked Circle - Fear
Dennis Oppenheim

Rocked Circle - Fear

A documentation of Oppenheim's body art practice, this work captures a performative act in which a circle was drawn around the artist's body on the ground, merging the boundaries between self and earth. The gelatin silver prints, one annotated with ink, record both the physical gesture and the conceptual framework underlying the piece, characteristic of Oppenheim's investigation into risk, vulnerability, and the relationship between the human body and its environment.

Medium
Two gelatin silver prints, one with ink on the recto.

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April 3, 2013

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Dennis Oppenheim, Rocked Circle - Fear

A documentation of Oppenheim's body art practice, this work captures a performative act in which a circle was drawn around the artist's body on the ground, merging the boundaries between self and earth. The gelatin silver prints, one annotated with ink, record both the physical gesture and the conceptual framework underlying the piece, characteristic of Oppenheim's investigation into risk, vulnerability, and the relationship between the human body and its environment.

Medium
Two gelatin silver prints, one with ink on the recto.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Geometric, Monochrome, Photography, Minimal, American, Conceptual Art, Gelatin Silver Print, Ink, Black and White, Contemporary

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