I opened with Edward Kienholz's The Beanery, and that's such a controversial piece that I think that brought people right away. It… — Virginia Dwan Character Copy Share Image
Quite honestly, even as a woman dealer, I really wasn't interested in masculinity or femininity as such. What was important to me… — Virginia Dwan Dealer Copy Share Image
I think that Walter De Maria's Lightning Field, Michael Heizer's City, and Charles Ross's work in Star Axis New Mexico , all… — Virginia Dwan Thinking Copy Share Image
I remember when I went to a gallery in Paris at one point, they had drawings of earthworks set in different places.… — Virginia Dwan Different Copy Share Image
The gallery closed its doors in 1971. I could no longer psychologically handle the needs of 12 artists. I cared about all… — Virginia Dwan Art Copy Share Image
What's happening in the larger world always influences art. When I first started the gallery in 1959, one of the first things… — Virginia Dwan Art Copy Share Image
I think the four land artists I showed all worked within a few years of each other. And they were standard bearers,… — Virginia Dwan Art Copy Share Image
Art wasn't for selling. Actually, we once did have an offer on Double Negative. Things could be sold actually - everything could… — Virginia Dwan Art Copy Share Image
I think Michael Heizer and Walter De Maria had a love-hate relationship because they both had a lot in common. But inevitably… — Virginia Dwan Attention Copy Share Image
I didn't know Michael Heizer until I was preparing for my "Earthworks" show in 1968, and somebody called and told me to… — Virginia Dwan Art Copy Share Image
I remember very vividly. I was here in New York. Nancy Holt called me and - I feel unhappy thinking about it… — Virginia Dwan Good friend Copy Share Image
People should go to the works and experience them. Because just having an idea or picture in mind is absolutely not the… — Virginia Dwan Car Copy Share Image
Had opened a gallery I already had strong connections with New York, because I was taking work on consignment from New York… — Virginia Dwan Artist Copy Share Image
People tend to view land art as something that happened at a certain historical moment - like minimal art, which I was… — Virginia Dwan Art Copy Share Image
I enjoyed cross-country road trips. And I found the work challenging because it was art that existed on the land rather than… — Virginia Dwan Art Copy Share Image
There's a definite connection in terms of objects at hand - dealing with objects or material at hand. Pop art was very… — Virginia Dwan Art Copy Share Image
I myself had lived in the San Fernando Valley many years ago, when it was a much wilder place, and we used… — Virginia Dwan Done Copy Share Image
