Dan Levenson (artist)

Dan Levenson (born 1972)[1] is a contemporary artist based in Los Angeles, California.[2] He works in painting, sculpture, installation, performance and video.[3][4][5][6]

Early life and education

Levenson was born in New York City.[1] He attended Oberlin College as an undergraduate and the Royal College of Art for graduate school.[2]

Work

Levenson's work involves a fictional Swiss art school based on the Bauhaus, Russian Constructivism, and the Abstraction-Création group.[7] His work ties together themes of education, professionalization, utopia, freedom, labor, subjectivity, language, individualism, authorship, authenticity, theatricality, modernism, nationalism, and globalization.[2][8][9][10] He is influenced by the legacy of institutional critique, especially the artists Andrea Fraser, Hans Haacke, Mel Bochner, and the art historian and critic Benjamin H. D. Buchloh.[2]

Exhibitions

Levenson has performed at the Hammer Museum,[4] and has exhibited at Vielmetter Los Angeles,[9] Praz-Delavallade,[7] and the American Jewish University.[3][11]

References
  1. "Dan Levenson". Praz-Delavallade. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  2. "Dan Levenson Interview". Carla (Interview). 2015-09-02. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  3. "An Afternoon of Performances at The House of the Book – Arts at AJU". American Jewish University. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  4. "Dan Levenson: Drawing Lessons from the SKZ | Hammer Museum". hammer.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  5. Cabinet. "Screening / "The Double" | Cabinet". cabinetmagazine.org. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  6. Wetzler, Rachel (2011-03-10). "A Populist Attack on the Art World Pulls Punches". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  7. "Dan Levenson: 27 Jan — 24 Feb 2018 at the Praz-Delavallade in Paris, France". Wall Street International. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  8. Sigal, Lisa (22 February 2013). "Dan Levenson". The Drawing Center. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  9. Capria, Alexandra (2015-12-18). "Dan Levenson at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  10. Stromberg, Matt (2015-09-01). "ArtRx LA". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  11. Stromberg, Matt (2018-01-23). "Performances About Learning, Set in a Fictional Classroom". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2022-04-05.


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