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Collections Alteration to a Suburban House

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© Dan Graham

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Title
Alteration to a Suburban House
Artist
Dan Graham
Date
1978/1992
Dimensions
overall 11 × 43 × 48 inches
Materials
wood, felt, plexiglass
Location
Not on view

Object Details

Type
Sculpture
Accession Number
1993.52.1-.37
Credit Line
Justin Smith Purchase Fund, 1993
Object Copyright
© Dan Graham

object label Dan Graham, _Alteration to a Suburban House _ (1978/1992) , 1998

Like Siah Armajani, whose Bridge for Robert Venturi is also on view in this gallery, American conceptual artist Dan Graham employs models as well as life-size architectural units that examine space and material and their relation to the environment. In Alteration to a Suburban House, clear glass replaces the façade of a suburban home while the interior space is bisected by a mirror. By exposing the home’s inhabitants and reflecting the environment it faces, Graham investigates the boundaries of public and private, providing an ironic commentary on the utopian ideal of suburban life and social conformity.

Also on view in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden is Graham’s Two-Way Mirror Punched Steel Hedge Labyrinth(1988-1996).

Label text for Dan Graham, Alteration to a Suburban House _ (1978/1992), from the exhibition _100 Years of Sculpture: From the Pedestal to the Pixel, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, February 22-May 24, 1998.

Copyright 1998 Walker Art Center