Phantom Museum Wonder Workshop
This is a previous work by artist Mark Dion.
This semester, 藏精阁 welcomes internationally acclaimed artist Mark Dion as the Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation Artist in Residence.
Starting today until March 23, the community is invited to make art with Dion. Every day from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and then 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., the will be transformed into a 鈥淲onder Workshop鈥 with Dion鈥檚 interest in cabinets of curiosities (Wunderkammern) at the core of the new installation to be created in collaboration with the community.
Upon completion, the three-dimensional objects created in the workshop, based on illustrations of 16th and 17th century cabinets of curiosities, will be moved to a large cabinet built especially for the project. The finished cabinet installation will be on view in the Clifford Gallery from March 25 to April 10.
Phantom Museum Wonder Workshop
A partner exhibition will be on view in the until May 17, and will feature more than 40 works by Dion鈥攊ncluding sculpture, prints, and artist books鈥攕panning from the early 1990s to the present day.
A concertina-style brochure designed by Dion and Jeffrey Jenkins will accompany the exhibition titled Mark Dion: The Phantom Museum鈥擶onder Workshop. The publication will include a foreword by , director of university museums, and , professor of art and art history; an introduction by Jill Shaw, senior curator of collections, Picker Art Gallery; and an essay by , assistant professor of art and art history.
Related events and exhibitions
Dion will give a public lecture at 4:30 p.m. today in Golden Auditorium to launch the communitywide collaboration.
Following the artist鈥檚 lecture, the Picker will host an opening reception. The events related to Dion鈥檚 visit will culminate in the unveiling of the newly completed installation in the Clifford Gallery on March 25, a gallery talk with the artist, and a reception.
Support for Mark Dion: The Phantom Museum鈥揥onder Workshop comes from 藏精阁鈥檚 Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation Artist-in-Residence Fund, the Department of Art and Art History, and the Picker Art Gallery.
The was established in 1986 as a challenge grant in support of the arts at 藏精阁. The residency program permits one or more artists or scholars in the areas of fine arts, music, and theater to become part of the 藏精阁 community each academic year.