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Mark Dion / Lisa Graziose Corrin, Miwon Kwon, Norman Bryson.

LIBRA N6537.D54 A4 1997
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Dion, Mark, 1961-
Contributor:
Corrin, Lisa G.
Kwon, Miwon.
Bryson, Norman, 1949-
Series:
Contemporary artists
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Dion, Mark, 1961-.
Dion, Mark.
Installations (Art).
Conceptual art--United States.
Conceptual art.
Criticism and interpretation.
United States.
Artists--United States--Interviews.
Artists.
Dion, Mark, 1961---Criticism and interpretation.
Genre:
Interviews.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:
160 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
Place of Publication:
London : Phaidon Press, 1997.
Summary:
Mark Dion is an American artist who metamorphoses into an 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 which combine taxidermic animals with lab equipment with artefacts, like walk-through Wunderkammers, life-sized cabinets of curiosity.
Contents:
Interview / Miwon Kwon in conversation with Mark Dion
Survey. A Natural History of Wonder and a Wonderful History of 'Nature' / Lisa Graziose Corrin
Focus. Mark Dion and the Birds of Antwerp / Norman Bryson
Artist's choice. Why Look at Animals? (extract), 1980 / John Berger
Artist's writings / Mark Dion. Tales from the Dark Side, 1988 ; Project for the Belize Zoo, 1990 ; Taxonomy of Non-endangered Species, 1990 ; M. Cuvier 'Discovers' Extinction, 1990 ; Concrete Jungle: A Discussion with Alexis Rockman (extract), 1991 ; The Delirium of Alfred Russel Wallace, 1994 ; A Little Bird Told Me, 1995 ; The Natural History Box: Preservation, Categorization and Display, 1995 ; The Tasting Garden, 1996.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Other Format:
Online version: Dion, Mark, 1961- Mark Dion.
ISBN:
0714836591
9780714836591
OCLC:
37972634

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