 | Cabinet of Curiosities: Mark Dion and the University as Installation Subjects: Dion Mark 1961 -- Exhibitions; Cabinets of curiosities -- Exhibitions; Site-specific installations (Art) -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Exhibitions; Museum techniques -- Exhibitions; University of Minnesota -- Exhibitions; The richly illustrated essays in Cabinet of Curiosities records the creative processes behind an installation designed by contemporary artist Mark Dion at the Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota, a collaboration of museum staff, students, and collection curators.Cabinet of Curiosities offers commentary on the ways in which collecting has undergirded the creation of knowledge within universities and in Western society. |
