Dennis Oppenheim, Rocked Circle – Fear, Original Lithograph printed on Arches Cover Paper, SIGNED by Oppenheim, Edition 18/81, 1973

Size: 30 x 22 inches

From the portfolio of 10 lithographs “Projects by Dennis Oppenheim” (1973). An edition of 81.

“A situation was created which allowed registration of an exterior stimulus directly through facial expression. As I stood in a 5′ diameter circle, rocks were thrown at me. The circle demarcated the line of fire. A video camera was focused on my face. The face was captive, its expression a direct result of the apprehension of hazard. Here, stimulus is not abstracted from its source. Fear is the emotion which produced a final series of expressions on the face.”