DENNIS OPPENHEIM - MUAC, MEXICO CITY

Dennis Oppenheim was one of the pioneers of land art, action art, video art and conceptual art in the United States. Since the 1970s, Oppenheim produced sculptural installations that incorporated construction materials and everyday objects as part of interventions with a great expressive impact. In 1998, on the invitation of the Carrillo Gil Art Museum, Oppenheim created a series of installations influenced by his experiences in Mexico City’s shops, markets and warehouses and defined by their playful approach to the city’s cultural codes. This project associates a materiality connected to commercial objects and everyday life with religious and political icons in the context of growing economic globalization, and shows some of the conceptual and expressive strategies developed by the artists throughout his career. This exhibition deploys a selection of Oppenheim’s production in Mexico, that also exemplifies the interest by the local scene in the genealogies of international contemporary art.