30 - Dennis Oppenheim (American, 1938-2011)

Dennis Oppenheim (American, 1938-2011) Recall - 1973 Photograph, colored pencil and collage on paper 80 x 100,5 cm Signed and dated lower right on the top right paper Provenance: The Robert and Suzanne Pannier Collection, Bruges (acquired directly from the artist) This mixed-media collage refers to Dennis Oppenheim’s 1973–1974 performance installation, Recall. In the original live iteration of the work, the artist positioned a video monitor displaying a looping, close-up monologue of his own mouth at the terminal edge of a long metal pan filled with black-tinted turpentine. The sensory aroma of the chemical agent functioned as a physical catalyst, prompting Oppenheim's stream-of-consciousness vocal reflection on his early artistic development and education in California during the 1950s. This collage structurally itemizes that performance, combining photographic documentation of the live installation with technical layout diagrams and textual transcripts of the spoken monologue. Executed as a combination of photographs, typewritten text, and ink diagrams on paper, the work utilizes Oppenheim's characteristic strategy of juxtaposing image and language to anchor an ephemeral, time-based event into a permanent graphic format. Rather than functioning merely as secondary documentation, the collage exists as an integral extension of the performance itself, mapping the intersection of sensory triggers, autobiography, and video performance.