Mark Dion: Theatre of the Natural World

by Iwona Blazwick, Gilda Williams, Petra Lange-Berndt

This publication focuses on five major works by the American conceptual artist Mark Dion (born 1961).

Since the late 1980s Dion has been delving into the tropes and research methods of scientists, explorers, museum curators and archaeologists. He has created a body of work that playfully presents art as scientific inquiry or field work, questioning how knowledge is gathered, classified and displayed.

The five installations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0854882634
• ISBN13: 9780854882632
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Whitechapel Gallery
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.6" x 10.2"