--- title: "4 Dan Graham Quotes - Famous Sculptor (Dan Graham)" description: "Daniel Graham was an American visual artist, writer, and curator in the writer-artist tradition. Browse 4 Dan Graham quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dan-graham-26190.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Dan Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dan-graham-26190.jpg) # Dan Graham (1942–2022) Sculptor United States **4** quotes in **44** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Dan Graham was a sculptor from the United States, best known for *Dan Graham*. ## Quick Facts About Dan Graham Born March 31, 1942 Died February 19, 2022 Nationality United States Profession Sculptor Notable works Dan Graham Known for From Boullée to Eternity, Nouveau Labyrinthe pour Nantes, Untitled ## About Dan Graham Daniel Graham was an American visual artist, writer, and curator in the writer-artist tradition. In addition to his visual works, he published a large array of critical and speculative writing that spanned the spectrum from heady art theory essays, reviews of rock music, Dwight D. Eisenhower's paintings, and Dean Martin's television show. His early magazine-based art predates, but is often associated with, conceptual art. His later work focused on cultural phenomena by incorporating photography, video, performance art, glass and mirror installation art structures, and closed-circuit television. He lived and worked in New York City. ## Quotes by Dan Graham > [In fact I always disliked conceptual art, because my work is about anarchistic humor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-graham/in-fact-i-always-disliked-conceptual-art-because-my-work-is-about/) [Dan Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-graham/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/584/dan-graham-70443_art_in-fact-i-always-disliked-conceptual-art_295745.jpg) > [When you define the audience, the performer becomes what the audience wants. Politicians do that all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-graham/when-you-define-the-audience-the-performer-becomes-what-the-audience/) [Dan Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-graham/) [Audience](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/audience/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19d/dan-graham-70443_audience_when-you-define-the-audience-the-perform_649952.jpg) > [Warhol and other Pop artists had brought the art religion of art for art's sake to an end. If art was only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-graham/warhol-and-other-pop-artists-had-brought-the-art-religion-of-art-for/) [Dan Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-graham/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ef/dan-graham-70443_art_warhol-and-other-pop-artists-had-brought_1315406.jpg) > [ A \[spatial, temporal\] work had only to be exhibited in a gallery and then written about and reproduced as a photograph in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-graham/a-spatial-temporal-work-had-only-to-be-exhibited-in-a-gallery-and/) [Dan Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-graham/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f1/dan-graham-70443_art_a-spatial-temporal-work-had-only-to-be-e_3179991.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-graham/#itemlist", "name": "Dan Graham Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In fact I always disliked conceptual art, because my work is about anarchistic humor.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dan Graham" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-graham/in-fact-i-always-disliked-conceptual-art-because-my-work-is-about/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/584/dan-graham-70443_art_in-fact-i-always-disliked-conceptual-art_295745.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/584/dan-graham-70443_art_in-fact-i-always-disliked-conceptual-art_295745.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/584/dan-graham-70443_art_in-fact-i-always-disliked-conceptual-art_295745.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In fact I always disliked conceptual art, because my work is about anarchistic humor.” — Dan Graham", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When you define the audience, the performer becomes what the audience wants. 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