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Mark Dion

Mark Dion
Library Shelf Location 18.DION
Publication Date 1997
Description This text explores the work of vanguard artist Mark Dion who has made site-specific projects all over the world which explore the relationship of Western art, literature and museology with the natural environment. His sculptures and installations often focus on contemporary environmental issues, and have the uncanny quality of film sets or dioramas. His life-size environments have included live and stuffed animals, plants, lab equipment, and museological displays of garbage. They present lyrical and funny investigations into exoticism, colonialism and environmental crisis. Dion himself has taken on a variety of personae including reporter, scientist, explorer and detective. He has also set up collaborations with anthropologists, zoologists, geographers and groups of school children, and is well-known for his drawings and his writings. The book is part of a series of studies of important artists of the late-20th century. Each title offers a comprehensive survey of the artist's work, providing analyses and multiple perspectives on contemporary art and its inspiration.
ISBN 0714836591
Quantity 1
Pages 160
Authors Norman Bryson, Miwon Kwon, Lisa Graziose Corrin, John Berger
Format Paperback
Publisher Phaidon Press Ltd, London
Related Artist Mark Dion
Categories Installation, Sculpture, Artist (relating to a single artist/collaborative team)
Keywords Environment, Flora (plants), Site-specific works
Artist's Nationality American (USA)
Language English

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