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Events on April 20, 2013
LECTURE Saturday, April 20, 20132 – 3 p.m. Pillsbury Auditorium Presenter: Mark Dion
Mark Dion is an American artist best known for his seductive and often fantastical cabinets of curiosity. Based on 17th-century Wunderkammern ("chambers of wonder"), his work explores the relationships among art, science, and history through pseudo-scientific methods of investigation and display. His new installation, Curator's Office, commissioned for the exhibition "More Real? Art in the Age of Truthiness," claims the artist rediscovered an office used in the 1950s by the first curator of modern art at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Within the context of a museum exhibition, however, Curator's Office also becomes a "period room," an installation of objects, furnishings, and architecture meant to illustrate a historical moment by re-creating its interior domestic spaces. Period rooms are popular museum attractions that are both authentic (in their contents) and false (in their detachment from their original contexts.)
Dion has received numerous awards and his work has been shown internationally.
$10; $5 for MIA members; free for members of the Contemporary Art Affinity Group. To reserve tickets, call (612) 870-6323 or reserve tickets online »
YOUTH PROGRAM Studio Lab: Ordinary to Extraordinary, Spr6 (ages 9-12) Saturday, April 20, 201310 a.m. – 3 p.m. Studio 111 Be inspired by "More Real? Art in the Age of Truthiness" artist Vik Muniz's Wasteland and the MIA's Tibetan sand mandala to create a mosaic-style composition from everyday objects. Transform mundane materials into a masterpiece working as a team to make it happen on a large scale. Invite friends and family to return with you on Sunday, April 21, for a public viewing of the finished, site-specific work of art.
$60; $48 for MIA members. To register, call (612) 870-6323 or register online. Priority registration for MIA members with family benefits opens February 12. General registration begins February 19.» YOUTH PROGRAM Studio Lab: Ordinary to Extraordinary, Spr8 (ages 13-17) Saturday, April 20, 201310 a.m. – 3 p.m. Studio 113 Be inspired by "More Real? Art in the Age of Truthiness" artist Vik Muniz's Wasteland and the MIA's Tibetan sand mandala to create a mosaic-style composition from everyday objects. Transform mundane materials into a masterpiece working as a team to make it happen on a large scale. Invite friends and family to return with you on Sunday, April 21, for a public viewing of the finished, site-specific work of art.
$60; $48 for MIA members. To register, call (612) 870-6323 or register online. Priority registration for MIA members with family benefits opens February 12. General registration begins February 19.» LECTURE Where Cutting Edge Meets Cultural Heritage: Investigating Deeply Submerged Archaeological Sites Saturday, April 20, 201311 a.m. – Noon Pillsbury Auditorium Lecturer: Alexis Catsambis, PhD
Some of archaeology's most impressive objects have been found preserved underwater, presenting distinct challenges. Join Catsambis as he presents recent discoveries and discusses the methods of underwater excavation and preservation.
Catsambis is an underwater archaeologist and Cultural Resource manager for the Naval History & Heritage Command, U.S. Navy, Washington, D.C. He has organized or participated in underwater and terrestrial surveys and excavations throughout the Mediterranean and Black seas, as well as in the Gulf of Mexico and the North American Atlantic seaboard. He is the AIA's Bass Lecturer for 2012/2013.
Co-presented with the Archaeological Institute of America and its local chapter. Free
SPECIAL EVENT Minneapolis Print & Drawing Fair Saturday and Sunday, April 20 & 21, 201311 a.m. – 5 p.m. Target Wing Reception Hall FREE ADMISSION DAILY PUBLIC TOUR Bamboo Bridges: The Arts of Japan and Korea Saturday, April 20, 20133 – 4 p.m. From refined porcelains to coarse tea bowls, see how the arts of Japan and Korea bridge cultural differences and similarities. View reverence for both the spiritual and the natural world, as expressed in ceramics, ink painting, decorative screens, and sculpture. |
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