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Marvelous Museum

Hardback

Main Details

Title Marvelous Museum
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Oakland Museum Of California
Text by Rebecca Solnit
Text by Lawrence Weschler
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:128
Category/GenreExhibition catalogues and specific collections
ISBN/Barcode 9780811874519
ClassificationsDewey:069.09794
Audience
General
Illustrations ill

Publishing Details

Publisher Chronicle Books
Imprint Chronicle Books
Publication Date 6 October 2010
Publication Country United States

Description

In The Marvelous Museum, world-renowned aritst Mark Dion rexamines the concept of the museum by focusing on 'orphans'--items in a permanent collection that don't fit into traditional catagories. Dion selects treasures from the archives and backrooms of the Oakland Museum of California from which to create his fascinating works of art---installations and assemblages of objects. This project will form the basis of the installation opening the OMCA's new galleries in fall 2010.

Reviews

I like Dion's work...but the clincher is the excitement of the volume's visual and physical form. --Rick Posner, Observer, Print Magazine