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Benjamin H. D. Buchloh (ed.)

Dan Graham. Video – Architecture – Television

Writings on Video and Video Works 1970–1978

This title, published in 1979 and long since out of print, now appears as a reprint from Lars Müller Publishers. The original book was released in the series of publications Source Materials of the Contemporary Arts initiated by Kasper König and produced by the Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.

The publication represents an important document in Dan Graham’s artistic examination of the video medium. Graham’s installations and performances with video from the years 1970–78 are documented with numerous illustrations, photos, and brief descriptions. In addition, the volume contains an essay by the artist in which he examines the various possibilities and forms of representation offered by the video medium, and draws the boundaries between these and representational spaces in television, film, or architecture. The book also offers contributions by Michael Asher and Dara Birnbaum, as well as an annex with a biography and bibliography.

This title, published in 1979 and long since out of print, now appears as a reprint from Lars Müller Publishers. The original book was released in the series of publications Source Materials of the Contemporary Arts initiated by Kasper König and produced by the Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.

The publication represents an important document in Dan Graham’s artistic examination of the video medium. Graham’s installations and performances with video from the years 1970–78 are documented with numerous illustrations, photos, and brief descriptions. In addition, the volume contains an essay by the artist in which he examines the various possibilities and forms of representation offered by the video medium, and draws the boundaries between these and representational spaces in television, film, or architecture. The book also offers contributions by Michael Asher and Dara Birnbaum, as well as an annex with a biography and bibliography.

Reprint, first published in 1979

Author(s): Dan Graham

Edited by Benjamin H. D. Buchloh

28 x 21,6 cm, 11 x 8 ½ in

96 pages, 113 illustrations

paperback

2013, 978-3-03778-300-9, English
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Dan Graham

Dan Graham (*1942 in Urbana, Illinois, †2022 in New York City) is an American conceptual artist whose work traces the symbiosis between architectural environments and their inhabitants. His genre-defying oeuvre spans photography, architecture, sculpture, filmmaking and live performances, alongside curation and critical writing on a broad variety of subjects. In the mid-1970s, Graham created his well-known walk-in mirror pavilions as a mixture of architecture and sculpture. He participated in the Venice Biennale in 1976, 2003, 2005, multiple documentas (1972, 1977, 1982, 1992, 1997) and received the American Academy of Arts and Letters award, among others.

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