Dennis Oppenheim - Unoriginal Sins https://unoriginalsins.co.uk AVANT-GARDES Sun, 15 Feb 2026 11:27:40 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cropped-nTKdHdZI-1-1-32x32.png Dennis Oppenheim - Unoriginal Sins https://unoriginalsins.co.uk 32 32 VIDEOTAPES. 1975. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/videotapes-1975/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=videotapes-1975 Sun, 15 Feb 2026 11:24:16 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=62157 Venice: Galleria del Cavallino, 1975

20 x 19cm, 6pp (single folded sheet). Announcement/exhibition catalogue for a show of artist's video tapes including Cavallino's own. Essay in Italian by Ernesto L. Francalanci. Small screen shots of works by Acconcci and Luthi as well as four works by Cavallini. A list of the tapes shown listed on the card included Beuys, Boetti, Buren, Chiari, Jonas, Nannucci, Oppenheim, Palestine. VG+.

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20 x 19cm, 6pp (single folded sheet). Announcement/exhibition catalogue for a show of artist's video tapes including Cavallino's own. Essay in Italian by Ernesto L. Francalanci. Small screen shots of works by Acconcci and Luthi as well as four works by Cavallini. A list of the tapes shown listed on the card included Beuys, Boetti, Buren, Chiari, Jonas, Nannucci, Oppenheim, Palestine. VG+.

The post VIDEOTAPES. 1975. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> RAW IDEAS. 1991. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/raw-ideas-1991/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=raw-ideas-1991 Sun, 23 Nov 2025 17:53:41 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=61719 NYC: John Gibson Gallery, 1998

15 x 10.5cm, 2pp typographic announcement card for a group show of works by Bill Beckley, Ronald Bladen, William Childress, Peter Hutchinson, Monike Kulicka, and Dennis Oppenheim. Verso gallery details. VG+.

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15 x 10.5cm, 2pp typographic announcement card for a group show of works by Bill Beckley, Ronald Bladen, William Childress, Peter Hutchinson, Monike Kulicka, and Dennis Oppenheim. Verso gallery details. VG+.

The post RAW IDEAS. 1991. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> SIXTIES. 1991. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/sixties-1991/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sixties-1991 Sun, 23 Nov 2025 17:52:15 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=61717 NYC: John Gibson Gallery, 1991

15 x 10,5cm, 2pp typographic announcement card for a group show of works from the 1960s by Vito Acconci, Christo, Mark di Suvero, Dan Graham, Robert Grosvenor, Peter Hutchinson, Allan Kaprow, Richard Long, and Dennis Oppenheim. Verso gallery details. VG+.

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15 x 10,5cm, 2pp typographic announcement card for a group show of works from the 1960s by Vito Acconci, Christo, Mark di Suvero, Dan Graham, Robert Grosvenor, Peter Hutchinson, Allan Kaprow, Richard Long, and Dennis Oppenheim. Verso gallery details. VG+.

The post SIXTIES. 1991. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> BASEL ART FAIR. MOSSET ARMLEDER OPPENHEIM. 1990. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/basel-art-fair-mosset-armleder-oppenheim-1990/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=basel-art-fair-mosset-armleder-oppenheim-1990 Thu, 20 Nov 2025 14:39:44 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=61699 Basel: John Gibson Gallery, 1990

15 x 10.5cm, 2pp typographic design announcement card for a presentation of the agllery at Basel Art Fair with works by Oppenheim, Mosset and Armleder. Verso gallery details.

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15 x 10.5cm, 2pp typographic design announcement card for a presentation of the agllery at Basel Art Fair with works by Oppenheim, Mosset and Armleder. Verso gallery details.

The post BASEL ART FAIR. MOSSET ARMLEDER OPPENHEIM. 1990. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> PERFORMANCES & ACTIVITIES. 1971. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/performances-activities-1971/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=performances-activities-1971 Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:32:16 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=1030 NYC: John Gibson, n.d. (1971)

10.5 x 15cm, 1pp. Announcement card for a major exhibition of happenings and performances. Artists include Vito Acconci, Christo, Hamish Fulton, Dan Graham, Peter Hutschison, Allan Kaprow, Gordon Matta, Dennis Oppenheim. Front of leaflet is an image of an Acconci performance. VG.

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10.5 x 15cm, 1pp. Announcement card for a major exhibition of happenings and performances. Artists include Vito Acconci, Christo, Hamish Fulton, Dan Graham, Peter Hutschison, Allan Kaprow, Gordon Matta, Dennis Oppenheim. Front of leaflet is an image of an Acconci performance. VG.

The post PERFORMANCES & ACTIVITIES. 1971. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> DENNIS OPPENHEIM. NEW WORK. 1989. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/dennis-oppenheim-new-work-1989/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dennis-oppenheim-new-work-1989 Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:27:59 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=54483 NYC: John Gibson Gallery, 1984

10.5 x 15cm, 2pp announcement card with a photograph of one of his sculptures on the front in b/w, verso gallery details. Unmailed example - VG+. Scarce.

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10.5 x 15cm, 2pp announcement card with a photograph of one of his sculptures on the front in b/w, verso gallery details. Unmailed example - VG+. Scarce.

The post DENNIS OPPENHEIM. NEW WORK. 1989. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> ZONA /FILM PROIEZIONI DI FILMS D’ARTISTA. 1976. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/zona-film-proiezioni-di-films-dartista-1976/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=zona-film-proiezioni-di-films-dartista-1976 Fri, 07 Nov 2025 15:03:00 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=52731 Firenze: Zona, 1976

9.5 x 17.5cm, 2pp announcement card for a group show of films by artists - listed participants include Boetti, Simonetti, Calzzolarie, Maciunas, Nauman, Vautier, Oppenheim, Coleman, Acconci, Graham, Kounellis, Nagasawa and others. A design by Maurizio Nannucci on the front. VG+. Scarce.

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9.5 x 17.5cm, 2pp announcement card for a group show of films by artists - listed participants include Boetti, Simonetti, Calzzolarie, Maciunas, Nauman, Vautier, Oppenheim, Coleman, Acconci, Graham, Kounellis, Nagasawa and others. A design by Maurizio Nannucci on the front. VG+. Scarce.

The post ZONA /FILM PROIEZIONI DI FILMS D’ARTISTA. 1976. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> THE VIDEO DISTRIBUTION INC. 1974. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/the-video-distribution-inc-1974/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-video-distribution-inc-1974 Mon, 03 Nov 2025 19:54:00 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=41791 NYC: Video Distribution Inc, 1974

21.5 x 9cm, 8pp catalogue for the art video distribution company that lists works by Eleanor Antin, Hans Haacke, Taka Timura, Allan Kaprow, Akira Kokubo, Fred Krughoff, Les Levine, Murnoe-Schwartz, Dennis Oppenheim, Charlemagne Paestine, Roger Welsh, K.H. Hodicke, Al Hansen, Ulrikje Rosenbach, Collette, Richard Landry, Gene Highstein, Robert Kushner and James Dearing - often with descriptions of the work. Typographic only. Firmer fold crease else VG+.

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21.5 x 9cm, 8pp catalogue for the art video distribution company that lists works by Eleanor Antin, Hans Haacke, Taka Timura, Allan Kaprow, Akira Kokubo, Fred Krughoff, Les Levine, Murnoe-Schwartz, Dennis Oppenheim, Charlemagne Paestine, Roger Welsh, K.H. Hodicke, Al Hansen, Ulrikje Rosenbach, Collette, Richard Landry, Gene Highstein, Robert Kushner and James Dearing - often with descriptions of the work. Typographic only. Firmer fold crease else VG+.

The post THE VIDEO DISTRIBUTION INC. 1974. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> EARTH. 1969. FIRST EVER LAND ART CATALOGUE. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/earth-1969-first-ever-land-art-catalogue/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=earth-1969-first-ever-land-art-catalogue Fri, 03 Oct 2025 14:55:32 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=61571

Earth Art

NY: Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art, Cornell University, 1969
18 x 25cm, unpagination (c. 88pp) plus card covers. The exhibition catalogue for the first and most important of symposiums of land/earth art.  Artists include Jan Dibbets, Hans Haacke, Neil Jenney, Richard Long, David Medalla, Robert Morris, Dennis Oppenheim, Robert Smithson, and Gunther Uecker with contributions by Thomas Leavitt, Wiloughby Sharp, and William Lipke. Photographs of artist interventions on land in b/w.  VG+.
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Earth Art

NY: Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art, Cornell University, 1969
18 x 25cm, unpagination (c. 88pp) plus card covers. The exhibition catalogue for the first and most important of symposiums of land/earth art.  Artists include Jan Dibbets, Hans Haacke, Neil Jenney, Richard Long, David Medalla, Robert Morris, Dennis Oppenheim, Robert Smithson, and Gunther Uecker with contributions by Thomas Leavitt, Wiloughby Sharp, and William Lipke. Photographs of artist interventions on land in b/w.  VG+.
The post EARTH. 1969. FIRST EVER LAND ART CATALOGUE. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> RECENT WORK. 1975. SIGNED BY OPPENHEIM. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/recent-work-1975-signed-by-oppenheim/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=recent-work-1975-signed-by-oppenheim Thu, 02 Oct 2025 18:27:00 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=12298 New York: John Gibson Gallery, 1975
55 x 75 cm offset photographic image with surrounding text. Signed and dated by the artist. The image is a detail from the infamous untitled performance by Oppenheim at the Clocktower, New York in the summer of 1974. Text caption reads (in part): MACHINEGUN FIRE/ ECHO/ SPACE EXHAUSTION/ ATTEMPT TO RAISE HELL/ WISHING WELL/ WHIRLPOOL... The image is one of the light blue variants. This example is signed by Oppenheim in blue ink bottom right. VG but very slight round mark bottom right.

The post RECENT WORK. 1975. SIGNED BY OPPENHEIM. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> New York: John Gibson Gallery, 1975
55 x 75 cm offset photographic image with surrounding text. Signed and dated by the artist. The image is a detail from the infamous untitled performance by Oppenheim at the Clocktower, New York in the summer of 1974. Text caption reads (in part): MACHINEGUN FIRE/ ECHO/ SPACE EXHAUSTION/ ATTEMPT TO RAISE HELL/ WISHING WELL/ WHIRLPOOL... The image is one of the light blue variants. This example is signed by Oppenheim in blue ink bottom right. VG but very slight round mark bottom right.

The post RECENT WORK. 1975. SIGNED BY OPPENHEIM. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> KONSTRICKCJA W PROCESIE. 1981. FIRST POST SOVIET CONCEPTUAL ART EVENT. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/konstrickcja-w-procesie-1981-first-post-soviet-conceptual-art-event/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=konstrickcja-w-procesie-1981-first-post-soviet-conceptual-art-event Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:27:00 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=38770 Lodz: n.p., 1981
28 x 21.5cm, 2pp mimeograph for a conceptual art event which was the first avant garde event in the post soviet era. the vent was supported by Solidarnosc!
Participating artists included Carl Andre, Hartmut Boehm, Michael Craig-Martin, Ad Dekkers, Ger Dekkers. Jan Dibbets. Norman Dilworth, Peter Downsborough, David Dye, Ivan Galeta, Tibor Gayor, Gerhard V. Graevenitz, Dan Graham, Noriyuki Haraguchi, Tim Head, Anthony Hill, Nancy Holt, Patrick Ierland, Servie Janssen, Kazuo Katase, Stanislav Kolibal, Tomasz Konart, Attila Kovacs, Paweł Kwiek, Les Levine, Sol LeWitt, Wat een Limura, Richard Long.  Peter Lowe. Kenneth Martin. Dora Maurer. Rune Mields, Antoni Mikołajczyk, Manfred Mohr. Francois Morellet, Maurizio Nannucci, Richard Nonas, Roman Opałka, Dennis Oppenheim, David Rabinowitch, Józef Robakowski, Ed Ruscha, Reiner Ruthenbeck, Fred Sandback, Richard Serra, Paul Sharits, Yoshio Shirakawa, Robert Smithson, Peter Struycken, Günther Uecker, Ken Unsworth, Bernard Venet, Ryszard Waśko, Ryszard Winiarski
The post KONSTRICKCJA W PROCESIE. 1981. FIRST POST SOVIET CONCEPTUAL ART EVENT. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> Lodz: n.p., 1981
28 x 21.5cm, 2pp mimeograph for a conceptual art event which was the first avant garde event in the post soviet era. the vent was supported by Solidarnosc!
Participating artists included Carl Andre, Hartmut Boehm, Michael Craig-Martin, Ad Dekkers, Ger Dekkers. Jan Dibbets. Norman Dilworth, Peter Downsborough, David Dye, Ivan Galeta, Tibor Gayor, Gerhard V. Graevenitz, Dan Graham, Noriyuki Haraguchi, Tim Head, Anthony Hill, Nancy Holt, Patrick Ierland, Servie Janssen, Kazuo Katase, Stanislav Kolibal, Tomasz Konart, Attila Kovacs, Paweł Kwiek, Les Levine, Sol LeWitt, Wat een Limura, Richard Long.  Peter Lowe. Kenneth Martin. Dora Maurer. Rune Mields, Antoni Mikołajczyk, Manfred Mohr. Francois Morellet, Maurizio Nannucci, Richard Nonas, Roman Opałka, Dennis Oppenheim, David Rabinowitch, Józef Robakowski, Ed Ruscha, Reiner Ruthenbeck, Fred Sandback, Richard Serra, Paul Sharits, Yoshio Shirakawa, Robert Smithson, Peter Struycken, Günther Uecker, Ken Unsworth, Bernard Venet, Ryszard Waśko, Ryszard Winiarski
The post KONSTRICKCJA W PROCESIE. 1981. FIRST POST SOVIET CONCEPTUAL ART EVENT. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> RECENT WORK. 1979. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/recent-work/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=recent-work Tue, 02 Sep 2025 18:30:34 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=27517 New York: John Gibson Gallery, n.d.  (1979)

50 x 42cm b/w offset photographic image of an Oppenheim wooden installation with overprinted gallery text. Fine condition although folded for storage/mailing.

The post RECENT WORK. 1979. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> New York: John Gibson Gallery, n.d.  (1979)

50 x 42cm b/w offset photographic image of an Oppenheim wooden installation with overprinted gallery text. Fine condition although folded for storage/mailing.

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