"Dwan, Los Angeles / New York: The Ephemera of a Gallery, 1959 - 1971" Exhibition
Specific Object
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Specific Object / David Platzker presents "Dwan, Los Angeles / New York: The Ephemera of a Gallery, 1959 - 1971". The exhibition will be on view at Specific Object from September 12 - November 18, 2011.
In this project Specific Object presents the history of Virginia Dwan's seminal Dwan Gallery through the ephemera produced by the gallery for its exhibitions in Los Angeles and New York between 1959 and 1971.
The ephemera of Dwan Gallery reveals the history of a gallery at the integral core of emerging trends in contemporary art throughout the 1960s. A gallery that championed conceptual, minimal and earthwork movements with momentous exhibitions and a roster of artists that include William Anastasi, Carl Andre, Arakawa, John Chamberlain, Walter De Maria, Niki de Saint Phalle, Mark di Suvero, Tom Doyle, Dan Flavin, Michael Heizer, Ed Kienholz, Yves Klein, Sol LeWitt, David Novros, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, Ad Reinhardt, Robert Ryman, Fred Sandback, Robert Smithson and Kenneth Snelson among others.
The most resonant pieces include the sand flocked announcement for the groundbreaking group exhibition titled Earthworks, 1968; Smithson's Mono Lake Nonsite, 1969, announcement (a 1 inch high by 30 inch long folded paper strip), Smithson's Movie Treatment for Spiral Jetty, 1970; and Heizer's imposing 36 x 60 inch poster featuring an image of the artist's monumental earth work Double Negative, 1971.
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Schedule
from September 12, 2011 to December 16, 2011