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Mark Dion
Norman Bryson
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Description for Mark Dion
Paperback. Centres on the artist highly regarded for his taxonomic installations. Series: Contemporary Artists Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, 100 colour plates & 30 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: ACX; AFK; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 252 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1033.
Mark Dion (b.1961) is an American artist who, in making his art, metamorphoses into explorer, biochemist, detective and archaeologist. In his gallery installations around Europe and America since the 1980s, Dion has constructed the laboratories, experiments and museum caches of the great historical naturalists - following in their footsteps in his own adventurous, eco-inspired journeys to the tropics. His research and magical collections are presented in installational still lifes that combine taxidermic animals with lab equipment artefacts, like walk-through Wunderkammers and life-sized cabinets of curiosity.
Lias Graziose Corrin, Director of the Williams College Museum of Art, surveys Dion's most ... Read more
Mark Dion (b.1961) is an American artist who, in making his art, metamorphoses into explorer, biochemist, detective and archaeologist. In his gallery installations around Europe and America since the 1980s, Dion has constructed the laboratories, experiments and museum caches of the great historical naturalists - following in their footsteps in his own adventurous, eco-inspired journeys to the tropics. His research and magical collections are presented in installational still lifes that combine taxidermic animals with lab equipment artefacts, like walk-through Wunderkammers and life-sized cabinets of curiosity.
Lias Graziose Corrin, Director of the Williams College Museum of Art, surveys Dion's most ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Series
Contemporary Artists Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780714836591
SKU
V9780714836591
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About Norman Bryson
Lisa Graziose Corrin is the Director of the Williams College Museum of Art in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Formerly Chief Curator at The Contemporary Museum in Baltimore, Chief Curator at the Serpentine Gallery in London and Deputy Director of Art at the Seattle Art Museum, she has also contributed to a range of art journals. Miwon Kwon is Associate Professor of ... Read more
Reviews for Mark Dion
"An exquisite and absorbing exploration of Dion's practice… Richly rewarding."—Stills On the Contemporary Artists Series "The boldest, best executed, and most far-reaching publishing project devoted to contemporary art. These books will revolutionize the way contemporary art is presented and written about."—Artforum "The combination of intelligent analysis, personal insight, useful facts and plentiful pictures is a ... Read more