Mark Dion

Cabinet (from Project 82 - "Rescue Archeology: A Project for The Museum of Modern Art")

2004

Wood, aluminum, plaster, concrete, glass, plastic, paint, stone, ceramic, brick and various metals

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Dion's sculptures and installations are based on the methods of categorization and display found in natural history museums and related sites. He filled this cabinet of curiosities with artifacts from an archaeological excavation in this Museum's Sculpture Garden; the drawings take the form of a page from a natural history textbook, and demonstrate Dion's classificatory and methodological systems.

Gallery label from

Wunderkammer: A Century of Curiosities, July 30–November 10, 2008.

Medium Wood, aluminum, plaster, concrete, glass, plastic, paint, stone, ceramic, brick and various metals
Dimensions 8' 6" x 59 1/2 x 36" (259.1 x 151.1 x 91.4 cm)
Credit Gift of the Freedman Family in memory of Doris C. and Alan J. Freedman
Object number 235.2005
Department Painting & Sculpture

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