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Article: Opus of excess: the Dieter Roth retrospective at MOMA and P.S. 1 showed how this irascible polymath rode roughshod over convention while radically reformulating historical genres.
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- Art in America
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- September 1, 2004
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The recent New York installation of the sweeping Dieter Roth retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art and at P.S. 1 provided Americans with an opportunity to become more familiar with Roth's dramatically varied output and to reflect upon how utterly the parameters of art were repositioned during the 50-odd years of his career. (1) The exhibition began with works from the 1950s inspired by Constructivist and Concrete art and ended with vast collaged environments of junk. The path from the meticulously composed artist's books and op-kinetic "Revolving Grid Pictures" (1960-61) in the first rooms at MOMA to the slam-bang everything-but-the-kitchen-sink assemblages and ...