Sarah Oppenheimer

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Sarah Oppenheimer
Born1972 (age 52–53)
Austin, Texas, United States
Education Yale University, Brown University
Known forInstallation art, sculpture
Website Sarah Oppenheimer
Sarah Oppenheimer, 33-D, Aluminum, glass and architecture, Total dimensions variable. Installation view: Kunsthaus Baselland, Switzerland, 2014. Sarah Oppenheimer 33-D 2014.jpg
Sarah Oppenheimer, 33-D, Aluminum, glass and architecture, Total dimensions variable. Installation view: Kunsthaus Baselland, Switzerland, 2014.

Sarah Oppenheimer (born 1972, in Austin, Texas) [1] is a New York City-based contemporary artist that explores the articulations and experiences of built spaces. [2] [3] [4] Her work transforms the built environment to disrupt, subvert or shuffle visitors' visual and bodily experiences. [5] [6] [7]

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Career

Oppenheimer exhibits her work internationally. The titles of her works are generated from a numerical typology. [7] [8] Each digit in a title tracks transactions and flow between spatial zones, and together, form a key to the orientation of the work within the built environment. [4]

In her early exhibitions at The Drawing Center (2002) and Queens Museum (2004), Oppenheimer explored spatial navigation and interior architecture. [9] [10] [11] [12] In the late 2000s, Oppenheimer changed the boundaries between exhibition spaces, displacing views within and outside galleries (e.g., Saint Louis Art Museum, 2008; Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 2009). [13] [14] 610-3356 (Mattress Factory, 2008) used a roughly seven-foot-long hole in museum's fourth floor which tunneled down to a third-floor window with an outside view. [6] [8] [15] [16]

Sarah Oppenheimer, 610-3356, Plywood and existing architecture, fourth floor opening dimensions: 84" x 16", Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, 2008. Sarah Oppenheimer 610 3365 2008.jpg
Sarah Oppenheimer, 610-3356, Plywood and existing architecture, fourth floor opening dimensions: 84" × 16", Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, 2008.

In D-33 (P.P.O.W., 2012) and 33-D (Kunsthaus Baselland, 2014), Oppenheimer modified the boundary between three contiguous rooms, inserting a pair of slanting openings at the spaces' corners. [3] [17] [7] [18] W-120301 (Baltimore Museum of Art, 2012) was Oppenheimer's first permanent work in a museum. [6] [2] S-399390 (Mudam, 2016) featuring two glass passageways that changed positions in the museum's exhibition space, modifying visitors' movements and views.

Sarah Oppenheimer, S-337473, Aluminum, steel, glass and existing architecture, Total dimensions variable. Installation view: Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, 2017. Sarah Oppenheimer S-337473 2017.jpg
Sarah Oppenheimer, S-337473, Aluminum, steel, glass and existing architecture, Total dimensions variable. Installation view: Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, 2017.

During a two-year residency at the Wexner Center for the Arts, Oppenheimer developed a human-powered apparatus, which was patented. [4] [19] [20] [21] It was used in three locations: S-281913 (Perez Art Museum Miami, 2016), S-337473 (Wexner Center for the Arts, 2017), and S-334473 (Mass MoCA, 2019). [4] [22] [23] N-01 (Kunstmuseum Thun, 2020) featured a dynamic exhibition system of mechanically interconnected thresholds. [24]

Awards and collections

Oppenheimer has been awarded fellowships from the John S. Guggenheim Foundation (2007), American Academy in Rome (2010–1),and New York Foundation for the Arts (2016, 2010, 2006). [25] [26] She has also received awards from Anonymous was a Woman (2013), the Joan Mitchell Foundation (2011), Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation (2009), [27] and American Academy of Arts and Letters (2007), among others. [28] Her work belongs to the public art collections of Mudam, Perez Art Museum Miami, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, [14] Mattress Factory, [16] Baltimore Museum of Art, [29] and Brown University. [30]

References

  1. ↑ van Ryzin Jeanne Claire. "UT Landmarks to unveil a new public art commission by Sarah Oppenheimer," Sightlines, May 14, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  2. 1 2 Rose, Julian. "Mirror Travel: Julian Rose On Sarah Oppenheimer’s W-120301," Artforum, April 2013. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  3. 1 2 Hirsch, Faye. "Sarah Oppenheimer, P.P.O.W.," Art in America, December 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Galloway, Alexander. "Sarah Oppenheimer," BOMB. Fall 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  5. ↑ Rose, Julian. "Sarah Oppenheimer: S-281913," Artforum, July 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  6. 1 2 3 Crow, Kelly. "A Baltimore Museum Becomes the Art Object," Wall Street Journal, October 19, 2012. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  7. 1 2 3 Kastner, Jeffrey. "Sarah Oppenheimer, P.P.O.W.," Artforum. November 2012. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  8. 1 2 Amado, Miguel. "Inner and Outer Space," Artforum, September 12, 2008. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  9. ↑ The Drawing Center. Drawing Papers 30: Sarah Oppenheimer and Clarina Bezzola, 2002. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  10. ↑ The New York Times. "Art Listings," April 14, 2003, p. E8. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  11. ↑ Meredith, Michael. "Sarah Oppenheimer," Artforum, September 2002. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  12. ↑ Johnson, Ken. "'Impact': New Mural Projects,'" The New York Times, July 30, 2004. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  13. ↑ Gay, Malcolm. "Currents 102: Sarah Oppenheimer," Riverfront Times, April 16, 2008. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  14. 1 2 Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. Sarah Oppenheimer, Artists. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  15. ↑ Mondello, Bob. "Find Unforgettable Art In A Most Unlikely Place: A Pittsburgh Mattress Factory," NPR, July 21, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  16. 1 2 Mattress Factory. 610-3356, Sarah Oppenheimer, Works. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  17. ↑ Smith, Roberta. "Sarah Oppenheimer’s D-33 at P.P.O.W.," The New York Times, October 12, 2012. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  18. ↑ Raskin, Laura. "Sarah Oppenheimer," Architectural Record, August 2014, p 104. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  19. ↑ Artforum. "Wexner Center Announces Artist Residency Awardees for 2015–16," July 8, 2015. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  20. ↑ Oppenheimer, Sarah. Biased-Axis Rotational Frame Mounting System. U.S. Patent 10,139,046 B2, November 27, 2018. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  21. ↑ Oppenheimer, Sarah. "Pivot and Slide," Movement Research Performance Journal, #54: Spatial Practice, 2020, p. 74–5.
  22. ↑ Mass MoCA. Sarah Oppenheimer, S-334473. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  23. ↑ Heinrich, Will. "Don’t Miss These Art Shows and Events This Fall," The New York Times, September 12, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  24. ↑ Yoon, Soyoung. "Buffer Zone," N-01, Verlag für moderne Kunst, 2020.
  25. ↑ New York Foundation for the Arts. "NYFA Announces Recipients and Finalists for 2016 Artists’ Fellowship Program," July 8, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  26. ↑ New York Foundation for the Arts. "Names You Know," Alumni. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  27. ↑ The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation. Sarah Oppenheimer, Award Winners, 2009. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  28. ↑ Artforum. "American Academy of Arts and Letters, Art Cologne Announce Awards," March 23, 2007. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  29. ↑ Baltimore Museum of Art. P-010100, Sarah Oppenheimer, Objects. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  30. ↑ Brown University. Sarah Oppenheimer, P-131317 (2011), Public Art. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
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