'Identity Stretch' consists of a large photo collage of seven coloured photographs, one black and white reproduction of a map and printed text from 1970-1975. With this, Oppenheim documents a project that was executed in 1975 in the Lewiston Art Park in New York, but that had already been conceived in 1970. The artist and his son Erik transferred their thumb prints to rubber tape. This tape was then stretched to its maximum and the prints were copied on a raster. The raster was then enlarged and the shapes were transferred to a field, where a spray cart traced them with tar.
The photo montage 'Identity Stretch' is very representative for the way in which Dennis Oppenheim makes use of his body and nature as both subject and medium in his art.
Specifications
| Title | Identity Stretch |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | collage on chipboard of gelatine silver print, chrogenic print on fiber-based paper and resin-coated paper, handcolourd |
| Object type |
Collage
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Width 510 cm Height 216 cm Depth 2 cm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Artist:
Dennis Oppenheim
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| Accession number | 2912 (MK) |
| Credits | Purchased 1976 |
| Department | Modern Art |
| Acquisition date | 1976 |
| Creation date | in 1970/1975 |
| Internal exhibitions |
Dennis Oppenheim (1976) Big enough for both of us - seventies en nineties uit de collectie (1998) Album. De fotoverzameling van Museum Boymans-van Beuningen Rotterdam (1995) |
| Material |
Fiber-based paper
> Photographic paper
> Paper
> Vegetable material
> Organic material
> Material
> Material and technique
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| Object | |
| Technique |
Paste
> Pasted
> Adding and binding materials
> General technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
Paste
> Pasted
> Adding and binding materials
> General technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
Collage
> Adding and binding materials
> General technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
Gelatine silver print
> Bromide print
> Photographic printing technique
> Mechanical
> Planographic printing
> Printing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
Chromogenic print
> Photographic printing technique
> Mechanical
> Planographic printing
> Printing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
Hand-coloured
> Colour
> Drawing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
Hand-coloured
> Colour
> Drawing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
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| Geographical origin | The United States of America > North America > America |
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All about the artist
Dennis Oppenheim
Electric City 1938 - New York 2011
Conceptual artist and performer Dennis Oppenheim studied in California and now lives in New York. His early work consisted of large-scale Land Art projects that...
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