Dennis Oppenheim’s piece "Chamber", an installation artwork in Busan, South Korea. The piece was destroyed by the city because it was becoming an ‘eyesore’. Photo: AFP
Dennis Oppenheim’s piece "Chamber", an installation artwork in Busan, South Korea. The piece was destroyed by the city because it was becoming an ‘eyesore’. Photo: AFP
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Famed US artist’s sculpture destroyed in South Korea for being an ‘eyesore’

Dennis Oppenheim, a conceptual and performance artist as well as a sculptor, has works in the collections of the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and London’s Tate Gallery

Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse

Updated: 10:31pm, 17 Jan, 2018

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Dennis Oppenheim’s piece "Chamber", an installation artwork in Busan, South Korea. The piece was destroyed by the city because it was becoming an ‘eyesore’. Photo: AFP
Dennis Oppenheim’s piece "Chamber", an installation artwork in Busan, South Korea. The piece was destroyed by the city because it was becoming an ‘eyesore’. Photo: AFP
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