2006
Trees, bushes, rocks made of painted steel, steel drums, PVC pipe, acrylic
Area covered: 1/4 acre (1,012 sq. m)
2008
Water-jet-cut aluminum, translucent fiberglass panels, colored aluminum sheet, anodized aluminum, diamond plate aluminum, roofing panels, grating
Area covered: 1/2 acre (2,023 sq. m)
Architectural Cactus #6 gift of The Watermill Center, New York, NY
1967/2016
Wood surfaced with organic pigment, PVC pipe
Fabricated at Storm King Art Center
10 x 40 x 35' (3 x 12.2 x 10.7 m)
2008
Rolled stainless steel, colored cast half-round acrylic rod
10 x 10 x 10' (3 x 3 x 3 m)
2002
Painted steel, perforated stainless steel, bolts, landscaping material
16 x 10 x 8' (4.9 x 3 x 2.4 m)
1969
Recording of clear, evenly spaced footprints walking a selected area in Milan, Italy, for a specific time following a map
2-track stereo reel-to-reel recording, outdoor and indoor speakers
1977/2016
Painted wood star units, each 48 x 48" (122 x 122 cm)
Fabricated at Storm King Art Center
Area covered: two acres (8,094 sq. m)
2006
Color photography
32 x 32" (81.3 x 81.3 cm)
2006
Pencil, colored pencil, and oil wash on graph paper
8 1/2 x 11" (21.6 x 28 cm)
1974
Fireworks Sign / Potassium nitrate / Location: Looking east across East River to Brooklyn / Time 6:45 P.M. September / Color: Red and Green / Size: 2' x 14' / Duration: 1 minute
1978/89
Colored hand-blown glass, speakers, digital audio
Five elements, overall 24" x 16 1/2' x 18' (61 cm x 5 m x 5.5 m)
1968
Location: St. John River. Fort Kent, Maine. Series of cuts perpendicular to the Time Boundary-U.S.A./Canada. Materials: Gasoline powered chain saw.
Dimensions: 4' x 4' x 25'.
Color photography, hand-stamped topographic map, aerial map, text on rag board
60 x 40" (152.4 x 101.6 cm)
2007
Pencil, colored pencil, oil wash, and metallic pigments over ink-jet print, collage text dry mounted on paper
38 x 27 1/2 x 1 1/2"
(95.5 x 69.9 x 3.8 cm)
Gift of Dennis Oppenheim Estate
1967
Structure for viewing land. Pre-cast concrete to be located on flat land with at least 1 mile clear land on all sides.
Sepia line print
18 x 24" (45.7 x 61 cm)
1969
Reduced route configuration from Finsterwolde to Nieuwe Schans plotted on a 154 x 267 meter field and used to dictate seeding pattern for common wheat. (April 1969) The cultivated media from the two diagonal cuts is isolated from further processing. This raw material is to be packed in 25 pound bags. (Sept. 1969)
2009
Acrylic, steel, 10' high. Catanzaro, Italy
Pencil, colored pencil, oil wash, and oil pastel on paper
24 x 25" (61 x 63.5 cm)
Private Collection, San Francisco
2009
Acrylic, steel, 10' high. Catanzaro, Italy
Pencil, colored pencil, oil wash, and oil pastel on paper
24 x 25" (61 x 63.5 cm)
2009
Acrylic, steel, 10' high. Catanzaro, Italy
Pencil, colored pencil, oil wash, and oil pastel on paper
24 x 25" (61 x 63.5 cm)
2009
Floor plan of Gallery #6. Sculpture room: Andrew Dickson White Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. transplanted to Campus Grounds. Activated surface: snow/grass.
Duration of limits: 4 hours
1968
Location: Long Island Expressway, Exit 52. Materials: Right angled boards/earth. Dimensions: 1000' long.
2006
Color photography
32 x 32" (81.3 x 81.3 cm)
1974
Location: Newark, N.J. Materials: Red strontium nitrate flares, railroad track / Dimensions: 4' x 75'
Color photography
24 x 40" (61 x 101.6 cm)
1970
Whitewater, Wisconsin
“Tests were performed to condition my body for a specific task, that of passing vertically through air and water from a 65' peak in Idaho. When using your body in this way, your best work is in direct proportion to the best you can do.” —Dennis Oppenheim, 1971
Black-and-white photography
40 x 30" (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
1974
Red, green, yellow, strontium nitrate flares (1974) / 10 minutes / 75' x 850' / Exit 56, L.I. Expwy., N.Y.
Color photography
24 x 40" (61 x 101.6 cm)
1974
Strontium nitrate flares (1974) / 10 min. / 15' x 100' / Gravel slope near Exit 52, L.I. Expwy, N.Y.
Color photography
24 x 40" (61 x 101.6 cm)
2008
Wood, acrylic, steel, light, water pump
35 x 30 x 15" (89 x 76.2 x 38.1 cm)
2006
Color photography
32 x 32" (81.3 x 81.3 cm)
1969
Recording of clear, evenly spaced footprints walking a selected area in Milan, Italy, for a specific time following a map
2-track stereo reel-to-reel recording, outdoor and indoor speakers
1971
“We measure each other's outstretched bodies and plot the dimensions on the ground using standard white lime. After remaining within these tolerances for a short while, we exchange spaces. Erik (9 years old) advances and assumes my dimensions. In return, I force my body to fit his physical limits.” —Dennis Oppenheim, 1971
Performance with Dennis and Erik Oppenheim in Aspen, Colorado, recorded on 1/2" black-and-white videotape, converted to digital file on continuous play
25 mins.
1971
“Like a moving snowball the body slowly builds a skin, based on where it has been. After emerging from heavy foliage, I need not look back. The 1000' path is clearly read from my outer shell. My body has collected remnants of its past. I have become that direction.” —Dennis Oppenheim, 1971
Performance in Düsseldorf on October 31, 1971, recorded on 35mm colors slides, sequenced and synced with soundtrack, converted to digital file on continuous play
1978
Wood, silk trees, real and synthetic plant material, fiberglass, perforated metals, baked enamel on steel, rope ladders
Three elements, overall 12 x 9 x 6' (3.6 x 2.7 x 1.8 m)
1970/2016
“Repeat jumps. A specific energy distribution dictated by a land form. For a split second, my physical tolerance was fused with an exterior location” —Dennis Oppenheim, 1971
Recreated using the distance of the original standing broad jumps, with artist's caption rewritten on two-by-fours that border the imprint of the jumps
Sand and two-by-fours
12 x 52 x 59 1/2" (30.5 x 122 x 151 cm)
1977
One of three locations. Star units 4 feet by 4 feet. Area covered, four acres. Missoula, Montana.
Color and black-and-white photography, hand-stamped topographic map, text
48" x 18' (122 cm x 5.5 m)