Dan Graham: Is There Life After Breakfast?

Dan Graham 
Is There Life After Breakfast?

Curated by Peter Fischli 
Marian Goodman New York | 15 March – 29 April 2023
Installation view of a pavilion by Dan Graham with mirrors and hedges installed at Marian Goodman Gallery New York
An installation View of a CD cover designed by Dan Graham a playlist and a CD all installed on the wall at Marian Goodman Gallery New York
An installation view of a slideshow projection of a comic book work about the life of Dan Graham alongside some sofas at Marian Goodman Gallery New York
A series of maquettes as designed by Dan Graham at Marian Goodman Gallery New York
An image of a rockstar on a film projection next to sofas of a flower pattern at Marian Goodman Gallery New York
A skateboard Pavilion created by Dan Graham
A clay sculpture by Peter Fischli called the old punk
Peter Fischli and David Weiss
The Old Punk, 1981
Unfired clay and printed image
12 x 13 x 3 1/2 in. (30.5 x 33 x 8.9 cm)
A postcard book featuring an illustration of the artist Dan Graham on the cover with the words Dan Graham on the cover

 

Marian Goodman Gallery New York is pleased to announce an exhibition dedicated to Dan Graham (1942–2022). Curated by his longtime friend and admirer Peter Fischli, Is There Life After Breakfast? will showcase a variety of works from over three decades, highlighting Graham’s groundbreaking endeavors in sculpture and video installation, connecting his friendships with his contemporaries, and focusing on his passion for music and film.

Press Release | Checklist | Statement by Peter Fischli, curator
An installation view of a CD a playlist and a CD cover designed by Dan Graham at Marian Goodman Gallery New York
An installation view of a CD a playlist and a CD cover designed by Dan Graham at Marian Goodman Gallery New York

''With Dan’s texts of bright thinking, profound knowledge and sharp analyses of lyrics in popular music in mind, I always speculated why he selected a song—the so-called meaning of the song and what that meaning meant to Dan. The contradiction of the vernacular and the distinctive, or the ridiculous and the sublime, was well balanced in the playlist of each CD.''

- Peter Fischli, curator

Installation view of a pavilion by Dan Graham with mirrors and hedges installed at Marian Goodman Gallery New York
Dan Graham
Hedges and Two Way Mirror Glass Labyrinth, 1991
2-way mirror, glass, aluminum, live plants
92 x 270 x 200 in. (233.7 x 685.8 x 508 cm)
Installation view of a pavilion by Dan Graham with mirrors and hedges installed at Marian Goodman Gallery New York
Dan Graham
Hedges and Two Way Mirror Glass Labyrinth, 1991
2-way mirror, glass, aluminum, live plants
92 x 270 x 200 in. (233.7 x 685.8 x 508 cm)
Installation view of a pavilion by Dan Graham with mirrors and hedges installed at Marian Goodman Gallery New York
Dan Graham
Hedges and Two Way Mirror Glass Labyrinth, 1991
2-way mirror, glass, aluminum, live plants
92 x 270 x 200 in. (233.7 x 685.8 x 508 cm)
Installation view of a pavilion by Dan Graham with mirrors and hedges installed at Marian Goodman Gallery New York
Dan Graham
Hedges and Two Way Mirror Glass Labyrinth, 1991
2-way mirror, glass, aluminum, live plants
92 x 270 x 200 in. (233.7 x 685.8 x 508 cm)
Installation view of a pavilion by Dan Graham with mirrors and hedges installed at Marian Goodman Gallery New York
Dan Graham
Hedges and Two Way Mirror Glass Labyrinth, 1991
2-way mirror, glass, aluminum, live plants
92 x 270 x 200 in. (233.7 x 685.8 x 508 cm)
Throughout the exhibition, Peter Fischli appropriates the language and rhetoric of Dan Graham, in a tribute to his architectural work and his all-consuming interest in music and its subcultures.  In the North Gallery, a serial arrangement of music ephemera, comprising CDs of Greatest Hits sent by Graham to Fischli, mimics highbrow and conceptual art practices.  Adjacent is Hedges and Two Way Mirror Glass Labyrinth (1991), an architectural pavilion shown in dialogue with a series of architectural models spanning the years 1978 to 2003. 
A slideshow projection of a comic book work with a sofa next to it at Marian Goodman Gallery New York
A detail of a slide show projection with Japanese writing and an illustration of the artist Dan Graham as seen in an exhibition at Marian Goodman Gallery New York
In the North Gallery Viewing Room, an immersive sound component with a playlist, curated by Graham, reveals the artist’s eclectic music tastes, creating a mise-en-scene that is part suburban arcade, part manga video lounge. In the South Gallery, prints, objects, and collectibles—assembled as a private cosmology invoking the work of Fischli/Weiss—range from informal bricolages to a few rare novelties from the artist’s personal collection.
A series of maquettes as designed by Dan Graham at Marian Goodman Gallery New York
A series of maquettes as designed by Dan Graham at Marian Goodman Gallery New York
A series of maquettes as designed by Dan Graham at Marian Goodman Gallery New York
Dan Graham Bisected Triangle, Interior Curve, 2003
Dan Graham
Bisected Triangle, Interior Curve, 2003
Dan Graham Children's Day Care CD-Rom, Cartoon, Computer Screen Library Center, 1998
Dan Graham
Children's Day Care CD-Rom, Cartoon, Computer Screen Library Center, 1998
Dan Graham Video Projection Outside Home, 1978
Dan Graham
Video Projection Outside Home, 1978
Dan Graham Model for 'Tetrahedral Pyramid', 2012
Dan Graham
Model for "Tetrahedral Pyramid", 2012
Dan Graham Model for 'Truncated Garden Pyramid', 1989-1991
Dan Graham
Model for "Truncated Garden Pyramid", 1989-1991
Dan Graham Model for 'Moon Window', 1987
Dan Graham
Model for "Moon Window", 1987
Dan Graham Untitled, 1999
Dan Graham
Untitled, 1999
Dan Graham Model for 'Triangular Swimming Pool', 1989-1991
Dan Graham
Model for "Triangular Swimming Pool", 1989-1991
Dan Graham Untitled, 1989-1991
Dan Graham
Untitled, 1989-1991
Dan Graham Model for 'Gift Shop/Coffee Shop', 1989-1991
Dan Graham
Model for "Gift Shop/Coffee Shop", 1989-1991
Dan Graham Model for 'Cinema-Theater', 1999
Dan Graham
Model for "Cinema-Theater", 1999
Dan Graham Untitled, 1989-1991
Dan Graham
Untitled, 1989-1991
Dan Graham Untitled, 1989-1991
Dan Graham
Untitled, 1989-1991
Dan Graham Model for 'Heart Pavilion', 1989-1991
Dan Graham
Model for "Heart Pavilion", 1989-1991
Dan Graham Untitled, 1989-1991
Dan Graham
Untitled, 1989-1991
Dan Graham Untitled (The Kinks), 1999
Dan Graham
Untitled (The Kinks), 1999
Herzog and De Meuron Gift to Dan Graham, 1999
Herzog and De Meuron
Gift to Dan Graham, 1999
Jeppe Hein Mirror Castle, 2010
Jeppe Hein
Mirror Castle, 2010
Dan Graham Untitled, 1980-1985
Dan Graham
Untitled, 1980-1985
Dan Graham and Pedro de Llano Two Cubes/One Rotated 45º, 1986-1997
Dan Graham and Pedro de Llano
Two Cubes/One Rotated 45º, 1986-1997
Dan Graham and Pedro de Llano Triangular pavilion (CGAC, Santiago de Compostela), 1997
Dan Graham and Pedro de Llano
Triangular pavilion (CGAC, Santiago de Compostela), 1997
Dan Graham and Pedro de Llano First proposal for Serralves Museum pavilion, 1999-2000
Dan Graham and Pedro de Llano
First proposal for Serralves Museum pavilion, 1999-2000
Dan Graham and Pedro de Llano Project for Tapies foundation in Barcelona, 1998
Dan Graham and Pedro de Llano
Project for Tapies foundation in Barcelona, 1998
Dan Graham and Pedro de Llano Double Exposure pavilion (2nd proposal for Serralves Museum) , 2000-2004
Dan Graham and Pedro de Llano
Double Exposure pavilion (2nd proposal for Serralves Museum) , 2000-2004
Dan Graham and Pedro de Llano Portal (proposal for Macba, Barcelona), 1997-2003
Dan Graham and Pedro de Llano
Portal (proposal for Macba, Barcelona), 1997-2003
Dan Graham Rock My Religion, 1983-1984 Black and white video, sound; 55 min. 32 sec.
Dan Graham
Rock My Religion, 1983-1984
Black and white video, sound; 55 min. 32 sec.
A photograph of a film called Rock My Religion with a couch of a flower pattern in an installation of a show by Dan Graham at Marian Goodman Gallery New York
René Uhlmann
Punk Cocktail, 1976-80, 2006
Video; 118 min. 6 sec.
Dan Graham
Rock My Religion, 1983-1984
Black and white video, sound; 55 min. 32 sec.
René Uhlmann
Punk Cocktail, 1976-80, 2006
Video; 118 min. 6 sec.
The show culminates with video works, including Graham’s seminal Rock My Religion (1983-84), juxtaposed with late ‘70s footage of punk concerts from Fischli’s hometown, in PUNK COCKTAIL: Zurich Scene, 1976-89, 2006, as well as a diaristic series of photos taken by Graham’s friend Isa Genzken at rock concerts they attended together in the early ‘80s.
Isa Genzken New York, 1981
Isa Genzken
New York, 1981
Isa Genzken New York, 1981
Isa Genzken
New York, 1981
Isa Genzken New York, 1981
Isa Genzken
New York, 1981
Isa Genzken New York, 1981
Isa Genzken
New York, 1981
Isa Genzken New York, 1981
Isa Genzken
New York, 1981
Isa Genzken New York, 1981
Isa Genzken
New York, 1981
Isa Genzken New York, 1981
Isa Genzken
New York, 1981
Isa Genzken New York, 1981
Isa Genzken
New York, 1981
A skateboard Pavilion designed by Dan Graham
Dan Graham
Skateboard Pavilion, 1989
2-way mirror, micro concrete, MD and aluminum
37 x 50 x 50 in. (94 x 127 x 127 cm)
A skateboard Pavilion designed by Dan Graham with photos by Isa Genzken as installed at Marian Goodman Gallery New York
Dan Graham
Skateboard Pavilion, 1989
2-way mirror, micro concrete, MD and aluminum
37 x 50 x 50 in. (94 x 127 x 127 cm)

“I designed a skateboard pavilion because in the 1980s, skaters were basically banned from city parks. It was a two-way mirror pyramid with the top cut away positioned over a bowl covered in graffiti. The skaters would be able to go up in the air and experience a kaleidoscopic distortion of the surrounding corporate architecture.

 “It was about inserting psychedelic feelings inside the fascist monolith. At the moment, I’m trying not to be against corporate culture, at least not in the way that many socially critical artists are. I now want to coexist with it.”

— Dan Graham (1942–2022), Bomb Magazine, August 2019

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