Dan Graham exhibition at Lisson Gallery, London

architectural pavilions and models
Multi-disciplinary artist Dan Graham's exhibition at London's Lisson Gallery features a fresh collection of his architectural pavilions and models
(Image credit: Artist Dan Graham)

Dan Graham’s works are deliberately disorientating. Constructed from two-way mirrors, steel and glass, the Illinois-born artist’s freestanding, walk-in pavilions create optical illusions and reflections that play on people’s voyeuristic tendencies, giving viewers elusive glimpses of themselves and others as they step through them. The effect is a little like trying to chase your own shadow.

Part of a series begun in the 1980s, the pavilions and models at London’s Lisson Gallery were inspired by the two-way mirror glass used in office buildings. Graham’s architectural creations are a light-hearted play on the surveillance aspect of the material, as well as on corporate culture.

Based in New York, multi-disciplinary Graham – whose work also includes photography, live performances and video installationa and who has exhibited at everything from the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York to London’s Tate Modern - often experiments with optics, implementing fish-eye lenses and small pools of water to reflect the interior of his structures. His new body of work extends this trickery on an impressive scale.

pavilions are constructed from two-way mirrors, steel and glass

Deliberately disorientating, the walk-in pavilions are constructed from two-way mirrors, steel and glass, creating optical illusions and reflections that play on people’s voyeuristic tendencies, giving viewers elusive glimpses of themselves

(Image credit: Artist Dan Graham)

two-way mirror glass used in office buildings

Part of a series begun in the 1980s, the works were inspired by the two-way mirror glass used in office buildings

(Image credit: Artist Dan Graham)

pavilions are constructed from two way Mirror and Stainless steel

Graham’s architectural creations are a light-hearted play on the surveillance aspect of the material

(Image credit: Artist Dan Graham)

Pavilions Installation View

Graham often experiments with optics, implementing fish-eye lenses and small pools of water to reflect the interior of his structures

(Image credit: Artist Dan Graham)

Lisson Gallery Dan Graham Pavilions

Based in New York, Graham' work also includes photography, live performances and video installations

(Image credit: Artist Dan Graham)

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