Dan Graham

New Housing Project, Staten Island. 1978
Two photographs of a housing development are juxtaposed in this work. On showing a backyard with garden table and chairs. The other one is the entrance. This was one of many works which Graham made of mass-produced housing estates that had been built to create a new suburban landscape in post-war America. He examines their use of space and materials, their relationship to the environment and their effect on people's lives. Talking about making the art, this council estate i suppose was the art as he was examining the materials and its effect on society. This was Grahams chosen site specific. Cannot find photographs.