Titles by Dennis Oppenheim

Program 5

37:45 min, b&w and color, silent
Air Pressure (Hand)
1971, 5:25 min, color, silent
 
Lead Sink for Sebastian
1970, 4:42 min, color, silent
 
Nail Sharpening
1970, 6:02 min, color, silent
 
Gingerbread Man
1970-71, 8:45 min, b&w, silent
 
Fusion: Tooth and Nail
1970, 12:03 min, color, silent
 

Here Oppenheim instigates physical or perceptual transformations of the body through his own interventions. Of Nail Sharpening, Oppenheim writes: "Transformation occurs within the same system that initiates it. The act of depleting a surface (sanding) engages one in a ritual of self reduction. As I pass sensations from one part of the body to another, I oscillate from the position of instigator to victim."

Exhibition & Distribution Conditions

 
 

These selected works are available within compilations only. For exhibition inquiries, please contact the EAI office. Requests for individual titles will be directed to Dennis Oppenheim studio.