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DAN GRAHAM
FRANCESCA MININI
VIA MASSIMIANO, 25
20134 MILANO
T +39 02 26924671
INFO@FRANCESCAMININI.IT
WWW.FRANCESCAMININI.IT
DAN GRAHAM b. Urbana, Illinois (USA) 1942 Lives and works in NewYork (USA) Dan Graham has been exhibited his work at the Red Brick Museum, Beijing, China (2017); the Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia (2017); the Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio, USA (2016); the MAMO, Marseille, France (2015); the ETH Zurich, Switzerland (2015); the Turner Contemporary, Margate, United Kingdom (2014); the Kunstmuseum Sankt Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland (2011); the Center for Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu, Japan (2010); the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA (2009); the Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy (2006); the Museu Serralves, Porto, Portugal (2001); the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, United Kingdom (1997); the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Holland (1993); the Kunsthalle Berne, Bern, Switzerland (1983); and the Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA (1981). He has participated in DOCUMENTA 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10, Kassel, Germany (1972, 1977, 1982, 1992, 1997) and has exhibited at the Venice Biennale, Italy (1976, 2003, 2005). He has received many prizes, including the Coutts Contemporary Art Foundation Award, Zurich, Switzerland (1992), the French Vermeil Medal, Paris, France (2001) and in 2010 he was awarded by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, United States.
Gallery exhibitions
DAN GRAHAM Fashion and Architecture Opening 16 March 2019 Until 4 May 2019
A fascination for fashion and architecture - created for Céline’s runway show during the
of which Milan is an internationally 2017 Paris fashion week. The exhibited video
recognized capital – is at the heart of Dan of the runaway, shows how the moving
Graham’s second show at Francesca Minini, bodies of the models follow the sinuosity of
which stages a dialogue among video works, his two-way glass and perforated walls
texts, and drawings, all accompanied by his pavilion.
over-sized model pavilions.
The gallery’s final room hosts the video Don’t
A pioneer of conceptual art, Dan Graham Trust Anyone Over 30. The work, originally
debuted in the 1960s with performances, presented as a live rock’n’roll puppet
accompanied by site-specific works, films, theather, is set in the 1970s, when the hippie
and video installations. His art projects have movement moved out of the countryside to
from the very beginning existed side by side go and live in the city. For Dan Graham this
with his prolific career as a writer, beginning work represents the instrument with which
with his first conceptual works published in all the grandparents and parents of the
numerous magazines, and later on rich texts hippie era can share their memories of the
of social and cultural analysis with a cultural ferment of those years with their
particular interest in music and pop culture. grandchildren and children.
In the 1970s the artist’s work evolved into an
exploration of social interactions and the
boundaries between public and private
space, through pavilions and architectural
projects that achieved international renown.
Starting from the concept of intersubjectivity,
Graham’s pavilions create dialectical spaces
in which the user is contemporaneously
actor and spectator, in a continuous play of
reflection and transparency. From this
dynamic of overlapping images there
emerges a need to direct the gaze beyond, to
project oneself towards the external,
whether it is a natural landscape, an urban
area, or an exhibition space.
Conceived as sculptures, the over-sized
model pavilions dialogue with the drawings,
the collages, and the writings made for Liza
Bruce’s London boutique. Another important
link to the world of fashion is the pavilion
Da una fascinazione per la moda e Concepiti come opere scultoree, gli over-
l’architettura, di cui Milano è capitale sized model pavilion dialogano con i disegni, i
riconosciuta a livello internazionale, nasce il collage e gli scritti pensati per il progetto
progetto espositivo di Dan Graham, che per della boutique londinese di Liza Bruce.
la seconda mostra da Francesca Minini Ulteriore importante legame con il mondo
mette in dialogo opere video, testi e disegni della moda è il padiglione realizzato per la
affiancati dai suoi over-sized model pavilion. sfilata di Céline a Parigi durante la
settimana della moda del 2017. In mostra, il
Pioniere dell’arte concettuale, Dan Graham video del défilé evidenzia come il corpo in
esordisce negli anni Sessanta con atti movimento delle modelle segua la sinuosità
performativi, accompagnati da opere site- dei suoi vetri semi-specchianti e delle pareti
specific, film e video installazioni. La sua traforate.
ricerca da sempre è affiancata da un’intensa
pratica di scrittura, iniziata con le prime Nell’ultima sala della galleria, il video Don’t
opere concettuali pubblicate su numerose Trust Anyone Over 30. Il lavoro,
riviste, fino ad arrivare ai testi di analisi originariamente presentato come un vero
sociale e culturale caratterizzati da un concerto rock’n’roll di marionette, è
particolare interesse per la musica e la ambientato negli anni Settanta, quando il
cultura pop. movimento hippie si spostò dalle campagne
per andare a popolare le città. Per Dan
Negli anni Settanta il lavoro dell’artista Graham quest’opera rappresenta lo
evolve verso un’indagine delle interazioni strumento di condivisione per tutti i nonni e i
sociali e dei confini tra lo spazio pubblico e padri dell’epoca hippie che desiderano
quello privato, attraverso padiglioni e trasmettere ai loro nipoti e figli i ricordi del
progetti architettonici che raggiungono fama fermento culturale di quegli anni.
internazionale. Partendo dal concetto di
intersoggettività, i padiglioni di Dan Graham
creano degli spazi dialettici in cui il fruitore è
contemporaneamente attore e spettatore, in
un continuo gioco di riflessi e trasparenze. In
questa dinamica di immagini che si
sovrappongono, emerge l’esigenza di
volgere lo sguardo oltre, di proiettarsi verso
l’esterno, sia che si tratti di un paesaggio
naturale, urbano o di uno spazio espositivo.
Fashion and Architecture, 2019 Installation view at Francesca Minini, Milan
Fashion and Architecture, 2019 Installation view at Francesca Minini, Milan
Fashion and Architecture, 2019 Installation view at Francesca Minini, Milan
Fashion and Architecture, 2019 Installation view at Francesca Minini, Milan
Fashion and Architecture, 2019 Installation view at Francesca Minini, Milan
Fashion and Architecture, 2019 Installation view at Francesca Minini, Milan
Fashion and Architecture, 2019 Installation view at Francesca Minini, Milan
Fashion and Architecture, 2019 Installation view at Francesca Minini, Milan
Fashion and Architecture, 2019 Installation view at Francesca Minini, Milan
Fashion and Architecture, 2019 Installation view at Francesca Minini, Milan
Fashion and Architecture, 2019 Installation view at Francesca Minini, Milan
Fashion and Architecture, 2019 Installation view at Francesca Minini, Milan
DAN GRAHAM Sagitarian Girls Opening 13 November 2008 Until 15 January 2009
Francesca Minini is pleased to present the transparencies and the effects of the glass
show of Dan Graham. moves the artist’s sensibility towards the
baroque idea of wonder.
The American artist realizes a new site
specific pavilion conceived specifically for
the gallery space which follows the quest
begun in the eighties of the creation of
diverse, practicable glass structures.
Dan Graham’s pavilions are dialectical
spaces in which the user is both actor and
spectator at the same time, in a continuous
game of reflections. The material used is
differentiated reflective glass in which the
artist maintains a low percentage of
reflection in order to mix the reflections with
transparency. The work interacts with the
public, the visitors on one side of the
structure become the reflected image and
public for the spectators on the other side of
the work in a continual dynamic.
The artist has always been interested in the
concept of intersubjectivity, from how an
individual may perceive contemporaneously
his or herself, look at others and be
observed by others; to the relation between
the perception of a group and that of a single
observer. Transparence, reflections, the play
of images which superimpose themselves on
one another; these are the elements that
respond to the demand to open up a visual
dialogue, to project oneself outward, both
from a natural landscape, from the public, or
as in this case, from an exhibition space.
The predilection of surface curves, theFrancesca Minini è lieta di annunciare la La predilezione per le superfici curve, le
mostra di Dan Graham. trasparenze e i gli effetti delle vetrate
avvicinano la sensibilità dell’artista all’idea di
L’artista americano presenta un nuovo meraviglia barocca.
padiglione site-specific ideato per gli spazi
della galleria che prosegue la ricerca iniziata
negli anni 80 con la creazione di strutture
praticabili in vetro tipologicamente sempre
diverse.
I padiglioni di Dan Graham sono luoghi
dialettici in cui il fruitore è allo stesso tempo
attore e spettatore, in un continuo gioco di
riflessi. Il materiale utilizzato è il vetro a
riflessione differenziata di cui l’artista
mantiene bassa la percentuale di riflessione
in modo da mescolarla alla trasparenza.
L’opera interagisce con il pubblico, i
visitatori da una parte della struttura
diventano immagine riflessa e pubblico per
gli spettatori dall’altro lato dell’opera in una
dinamica continua.
L’artista è da sempre interessato al concetto
di intersoggettività, a come un individuo
percepisca contemporaneamente sé stesso,
guardi gli altri e sia osservato da questi; al
rapporto tra la percezione di gruppo e quella
di un singolo osservatore .
La trasparenza, i riflessi, il gioco delle
immagini che si sovrappongono, sono
elementi che rispondono all’esigenza di
aprire all’esterno il dialogo visivo, di
proiettarsi fuori sia che si tratti di un
paesaggio naturale, del pubblico o, come in
questo caso, di uno spazio espositivo.Sagitarian girls, 2008 Installation view at Francesca Minini, Milan
Sagitarian girls, 2008 Installation view at Francesca Minini, Milan
Sagitarian girls, 2008 Installation view at Francesca Minini, Milan
Sagitarian girls, 2008 Installation view at Francesca Minini, Milan
Other shows at Galleria Massimo Minini
DAN GRAHAM
A New Work with Curves
2015
Galleria Massimo Minini
BresciaAnother show with Dan Graham, and in his In short, even for someone like me who’s
case as well, forty years have gone by since known him well for forty years, this is a very
our first, in 1976. human Dan, stepping off a pedestal that he
never put himself on to begin with.
Well, fine, it won’t be exactly forty until next
year, but I couldn’t wait to celebrate this
milestone anniversary with him, just as we
already have with Paolini and Buren. Massimo Minini
There will be a new pavilion, old and new
photographs, models of pavilions, and a
major new development: Mieko Meguro.
Who is Mieko? A Japanese artist who lives in
New York, and who recently became Dan’s
wife.
That would be entirely their business, except
that for a while now, Mieko has been taking
photos of Dan in the most ordinary domestic
moments. A legend of contemporary art as
he brushes his teeth, grooms his beard,
drinks his coffee, reads a book stretched out
on the bed, wearing colorful striped socks...
In short, the Legend is cut down to human
scale.
When Rachele Mussolini heard someone
talking about her husband Benito with
excessive veneration, she replied in dialect:
«Mò chi? C'la màcia?» (Who, him? That
joker?) In a similar way, Mieko dismantles
Dan’s mythos, brings him down from
Olympus and shows him in private poses
that she has surreptitiously captured (and
here we have Dan sleeping on the plane,
with a panda-shaped neck cushion...).A New Work with Curves, 2015 Installation view at Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia
A New Work with Curves, 2015 Installation view at Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia
A New Work with Curves, 2015 Installation view at Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia
A New Work with Curves, 2015 Installation view at Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia
A New Work with Curves, 2015 Installation view at Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia
A New Work with Curves, 2015 Installation view at Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia
DAN GRAHAM Unidentified Modern City. Globalized Brescia 2011 Galleria Massimo Minini Brescia
Unidentified Modern City. Globalized Brescia, 2011 Installation view at Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia
Unidentified Modern City. Globalized Brescia, 2011 Installation view at Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia
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