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 +'''Dan Graham''' (born [[1942]]) is a [[New York]] based [[United States|U.S.]] artist. He is an influential figure in the field of contemporary art, both a practitioner of [[conceptual art]] and a well-versed art critic and theorist.
 +[[Image:Family-in-a-box-Minneapolis.jpg|thumb|230px|<small>''[http://collections.walkerart.org/item/object/7673 Two-Way Mirror Punched Steel Hedge Labyrinth]''. ''Family in a box, Minneapolis'' photo by [[Wendy Seltzer]]</small>]]
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 +He was born in [[Urbana, Illinois]], but moved to [[Winfield Park]], [[New Jersey]] at age 3, and then to [[Westfield, NJ]] at age 13. Dan's early childhood experience of New Jersey informed some of his early minimal art pieces. Dan and [[Robert Smithson]] photographed New Jersey together during the mid to late sixties. Dan was romantically linked to artist [[Lee Lozano]], rock artist [[Laurie Anderson]], and artist [[Judith Barry]] among others. Dan has served as a visiting teacher internationally, and was especially influential in [[City of Halifax|Halifax]] (at [[NSCAD]]) and [[Vancouver]].
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 +Dan Graham has been identified as a minimal artist, [[conceptual artist]], [[performance artist]], [[rock music]] writer, art critic, architecture critic and writer, pop culture critic, educator, [[sculptor]], and collaborator with architects and other artists. While widely appreciated in [[Europe]] and [[Japan]], Dan has received less recognition in the United States than his contemporaries and friends, who include [[Robert Smithson]], [[Gordon Matta-Clark]], [[Vito Acconci]], [[Sol Lewitt]], [[Carl Andre]], [[Dan Flavin]], and many others.
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Dan Graham (born 1942) is a New York based U.S. artist. He is an influential figure in the field of contemporary art, both a practitioner of conceptual art and a well-versed art critic and theorist.

He was born in Urbana, Illinois, but moved to Winfield Park, New Jersey at age 3, and then to Westfield, NJ at age 13. Dan's early childhood experience of New Jersey informed some of his early minimal art pieces. Dan and Robert Smithson photographed New Jersey together during the mid to late sixties. Dan was romantically linked to artist Lee Lozano, rock artist Laurie Anderson, and artist Judith Barry among others. Dan has served as a visiting teacher internationally, and was especially influential in Halifax (at NSCAD) and Vancouver.

Dan Graham has been identified as a minimal artist, conceptual artist, performance artist, rock music writer, art critic, architecture critic and writer, pop culture critic, educator, sculptor, and collaborator with architects and other artists. While widely appreciated in Europe and Japan, Dan has received less recognition in the United States than his contemporaries and friends, who include Robert Smithson, Gordon Matta-Clark, Vito Acconci, Sol Lewitt, Carl Andre, Dan Flavin, and many others.


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