Dan Levenson (artist) explained

Dan Levenson (born 1972)[1] is a contemporary artist based in Los Angeles, California.[2] He works in painting, sculpture, installation, performance and video.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Early life and education

Levenson was born in New York City.[1] He attended Oberlin College as an undergraduate and the Royal College of Art for graduate school.

Work

Levenson's work involves a fictional Swiss art school based on the Bauhaus, Russian Constructivism, and the Abstraction-Création group.[7] His work ties together themes of education, professionalization, utopia, freedom, labor, subjectivity, language, individualism, authorship, authenticity, theatricality, modernism, nationalism, and globalization.[8] [9] [10] He is influenced by the legacy of institutional critique, especially the artists Andrea Fraser, Hans Haacke, Mel Bochner, and the art historian and critic Benjamin H. D. Buchloh.

Exhibitions

Levenson has performed at the Hammer Museum, and has exhibited at Vielmetter Los Angeles,[9] Praz-Delavallade,[7] and the American Jewish University.[3] [11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022-04-06. Dan Levenson. Praz-Delavallade. 13 July 2018 .
  2. 2015-09-02 . Dan Levenson Interview . 2022-04-05 . Carla.
  3. Web site: An Afternoon of Performances at The House of the Book – Arts at AJU . 2022-04-05. American Jewish University.
  4. Web site: Dan Levenson: Drawing Lessons from the SKZ Hammer Museum . 2022-04-05 . hammer.ucla.edu. 22 October 2016 .
  5. Web site: Cabinet . Screening / "The Double" Cabinet . 2022-04-05 . cabinetmagazine.org.
  6. Web site: Wetzler . Rachel . 2011-03-10 . A Populist Attack on the Art World Pulls Punches . 2022-04-05 . Hyperallergic.
  7. Web site: 30 January 2018 . Dan Levenson: 27 Jan — 24 Feb 2018 at the Praz-Delavallade in Paris, France . 5 April 2022 . Wall Street International.
  8. Web site: Sigal . Lisa . 22 February 2013 . Dan Levenson . 5 April 2022 . The Drawing Center.
  9. Web site: Capria . Alexandra . 2015-12-18 . Dan Levenson at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects . 2022-04-05 . ARTnews.com.
  10. Web site: Stromberg . Matt . 2015-09-01 . ArtRx LA . 2022-04-05 . Hyperallergic.
  11. Web site: Stromberg . Matt . 2018-01-23 . Performances About Learning, Set in a Fictional Classroom . 2022-04-05 . Hyperallergic.

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