Pop Art painter, sculptor, and performance artist. Dine first earned respect in the art world with his Happenings, pioneered with artists Claes Oldenburg and Allan Kaprow, and in conjunction with musician John Cage. They all took part in the "Happenings", which was performance art very much in contrast with the more somber mood of the expressionists popular in the New York art world. The first of these happenings was the 30 second The Smiling Worker performed in 1959.
In 2008, Jim Dine inaugurated his nine meter high bronze statue depicting a walking Pinocchio, named Walking to Boras. The statue is placed in the city of Boras, Sweden. Dine previously worked on a commercial book, paintings, and sculptures that focused on Pinocchio. He feels that "the idea of a talking stick becoming a boy like a metaphor for art, and it’s the ultimate alchemical transformation."
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