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Dan Levenson (born 1972) is a contemporary artist based in Los Angeles, California. He works in painting, sculpture, installation, performance and video.

Early life and education

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

Work

Levenson's work involves a fictional Swiss art school based on the Bauhaus, Russian Constructivism, and the Abstraction-Création group. His work ties together themes of education, professionalization, utopia, freedom, labor, subjectivity, language, individualism, authorship, authenticity, theatricality, modernism, nationalism, and globalization. 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.

Exhibitions

Levenson has performed at the Hammer Museum, and has exhibited at Vielmetter Los Angeles, Praz-Delavallade, and the American Jewish University.

References

  1. ^ "Dan Levenson". Praz-Delavallade. 13 July 2018. 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. 22 October 2016. 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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