The Roof Garden Commission: Dan Graham

Alteveer, Ian and Sheena Wagstaff
2014
64 pages
50 illustrations
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Throughout his career, multimedia artist Dan Graham has examined the symbiosis between architectural environments and their inhabitants, particularly in his pavilions made of glass and mirrors. Graham's new installation, created for the roof garden of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, addresses current issues about suburban psychology and political surveillance. The work combines landscaping, hedges, and two-way mirrors to create a provocative, immersive experience for viewers. This creatively designed publication includes an insightful interview between the artist and Sheena Wagstaff and focuses not only on Graham’s latest commission but also on his previous landscape-oriented installations, providing a focused, fascinating study of one of today’s leading contemporary artists.

View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The Oxbow, Thomas Cole  American, Oil on canvas, American
Thomas Cole
1836
View of the Queen's Theatre from the Rotunda at Stowe, Buckinghamshire, Jacques Rigaud  French, Pen and ink, brush and wash
Jacques Rigaud
1733–34
View from the Portico of the House to the Park at Stowe, Buckinghamshire, Jacques Rigaud  French, Pen and ink, brush and wash
Jacques Rigaud
1733–34
"Reflective-Glass" Office Building, Los Angeles, Dan Graham  American, Chromogenic print
Dan Graham
1978

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Graham, Dan, Günther Vogt, Ian Alteveer, Sheena Wagstaff, Ann Blood, and Metropolitan Museum of Art, eds. 2014. Dan Graham - the Roof Garden Commission: ... Publ. in Conjunction with “The Roof Garden Commission: Dan Graham with Günther Vogt”, on View at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from April 29 through November 2, 2014. New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art [u.a.].