Dan Levenson (artist)

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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]

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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. [2]

Work

Levenson's work involves a fictional Swiss art school based on the Bauhaus, Russian Constructivism, and the Abstraction-Création group. [7] [ clarification needed ] His work ties together themes of education, professionalization, utopia, freedom, labor, subjectivity, language, individualism, authorship, authenticity, theatricality, modernism, nationalism, and globalization. [2] [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. [2]

Exhibitions

Levenson has performed at the Hammer Museum, [4] and has exhibited at Vielmetter Los Angeles, [9] Praz-Delavallade, [7] and the American Jewish University. [3] [11]

References

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