Dan Graham

Multimedia Artist

Birthday March 31, 1942

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace Illinois

DEATH DATE Feb 19, 2022 (79)

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About

Curator, writer, and multimedia artist whose installation pieces included "Performer/Audience/ Mirror" and "Yesterday/Today" both from 1975.

Before Fame

He founded New York's John Daniels Gallery in 1964 at the age of 22. The gallery exhibited the works of minimalist artists such as Sol LeWitt and Carl Andre.

Trivia

He was once the recipient of the Coutts Contemporary Art Foundation Award.

Family Life

His father was a chemist and his mother was an educational psychologist.

Associated With

His work, like that of fellow artist Eva Hesse, adhered to the minimalist aesthetic.