Dan Graham, Two Different Anamorphic Surfaces, 2000. Photo Anders Norrsell.
Dan Graham
Dan Graham
(1942-2022, was born in Urbana, Illinois)
Two Different Anamorphic Surfaces, 2000
Two-way mirror glass, stainless steel
550 x 420 x 240 cm
With support from The Kulturbro Foundation,
Hjalmar Wicanders fond, KnislingeVerken AB, Osby Glas
Dan Graham has been a pioneer in the field of video, performance art, and printed media since the 1960s. He began designing architectural outdoor structures in the late 1970s, inspired by Baroque pleasure pavilions. Two Different Anamorphic Surfaces consists of two-sided mirror glass, the material that, perhaps more than any other, has come to epitomize the modern city. The walls of the pavilion are curved and arranged in an ellipse, with a narrow entrance. The experience of the work is influenced by the weather – the glass walls shifting between transparency, reflectiveness, or opacity, depending on how bright the daylight is. The curved walls and the constant shift between reflection and transparency convey a perpetual movement of images, like a film starring the castle, the vegetation, the pond, and the visitors.
