Time Pocket
Artist
Dennis Oppenheim
(American, 1938 - 2011)
Date1968
MediumPhoto panels and text, in six parts
Dimensions.1: 39 1/16 × 59 7/8 inches (99.22 × 152.08 cm)
.2: 39 1/8 × 60 inches (99.38 × 152.4 cm)
.3: 39 1/8 × 60 inches (99.38 × 152.4 cm)
.4: 40 1/2 × 60 3/8 inches (102.87 × 153.35 cm)
.5: 40 1/2 × 60 1/4 inches (102.87 × 153.04 cm)
.6: 10 1/4 × 60 inches (26.04 × 152.4 cm)
.2: 39 1/8 × 60 inches (99.38 × 152.4 cm)
.3: 39 1/8 × 60 inches (99.38 × 152.4 cm)
.4: 40 1/2 × 60 3/8 inches (102.87 × 153.35 cm)
.5: 40 1/2 × 60 1/4 inches (102.87 × 153.04 cm)
.6: 10 1/4 × 60 inches (26.04 × 152.4 cm)
Credit LineAnonymous gift in honor of Amy Plumb
Object number2007.37.1-6
On View
Not on viewCollections
Terms
2: landscape
3: tracks
4: white on black map
5: topography
6: text panelGallery Label
In Time Pocket, Dennis Oppenheim, a leading figure in Conceptual art (an art movement in which the idea is more important than the object) presents a witty commentary on the absurdity of rational systems, specifically time.
Oppenheim calls into question the meaning of time. He began with the idea of the International Date Line, the line of longitude that divides the globe into eastern and western hemispheres. Then he transferred a portion of this line to Maine and "drew" it by a diesel-powered skidder on a snowy field. The line stops at the south shore of a lake and resumes on its north shore, leaving the unmarked lake to suggest a site untouched by time.
Oppenheim calls into question the meaning of time. He began with the idea of the International Date Line, the line of longitude that divides the globe into eastern and western hemispheres. Then he transferred a portion of this line to Maine and "drew" it by a diesel-powered skidder on a snowy field. The line stops at the south shore of a lake and resumes on its north shore, leaving the unmarked lake to suggest a site untouched by time.
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