Artist Quotes by Virginia Dwan

9 Artist quotes by Virginia Dwan

Virginia Dwan’s nine reflections on the artist’s influence highlight her pioneering spirit in supporting avant‑garde work. Though the list is short, it captures her belief in bold experimentation and the power of artistic risk‑taking.

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People tend to view land art as something that happened at a certain historical moment - like minimal art, which I was…

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I enjoyed cross-country road trips. And I found the work challenging because it was art that existed on the land rather than…

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There's a definite connection in terms of objects at hand - dealing with objects or material at hand. Pop art was very…

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Had opened a gallery I already had strong connections with New York, because I was taking work on consignment from New York…

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I think the four land artists I showed all worked within a few years of each other. And they were standard bearers,…

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The gallery closed its doors in 1971. I could no longer psychologically handle the needs of 12 artists. I cared about all…

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What's happening in the larger world always influences art. When I first started the gallery in 1959, one of the first things…

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People should go to the works and experience them. Because just having an idea or picture in mind is absolutely not the…

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Art wasn't for selling. Actually, we once did have an offer on Double Negative. Things could be sold actually - everything could…

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I opened with Edward Kienholz's The Beanery, and that's such a controversial piece that I think that brought people right away. It was a…

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I remember when I went to a gallery in Paris at one point, they had drawings of earthworks set in different places. I asked…

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The gallery closed its doors in 1971. I could no longer psychologically handle the needs of 12 artists. I cared about all of them,…

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What's happening in the larger world always influences art. When I first started the gallery in 1959, one of the first things I learned…

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I think the four land artists I showed all worked within a few years of each other. And they were standard bearers, I suppose,…

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Art wasn't for selling. Actually, we once did have an offer on Double Negative. Things could be sold actually - everything could be for…

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I think Michael Heizer and Walter De Maria had a love-hate relationship because they both had a lot in common. But inevitably one would…

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I didn't know Michael Heizer until I was preparing for my "Earthworks" show in 1968, and somebody called and told me to look at…

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I remember very vividly. I was here in New York. Nancy Holt called me and - I feel unhappy thinking about it - she…

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Making the effort is quite a pleasure in itself.

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People should go to the works and experience them. Because just having an idea or picture in mind is absolutely not the experience that's…

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Had opened a gallery I already had strong connections with New York, because I was taking work on consignment from New York dealers. So…

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People tend to view land art as something that happened at a certain historical moment - like minimal art, which I was also very…

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