{"product_id":"mark-dion-ruth-erickson-9780300224078","title":"Mark Dion: Misadventures of a 21st-Century Naturalist","description":"\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive survey of American artist Mark Dion, examining three decades of his critically engaged practice interrogating our relationship with nature\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The first book in two decades to consider the entire oeuvre of Mark Dion (b. 1961), this volume examines thirty years of the American artist's pioneering inquiries into how we collect, interpret, and display nature. Part of a generation of artists expanding institutional critique in the 1990s, Dion adopted the methods of the archaeologist or the natural history museum, juxtaposing natural objects, taxidermy, books, and more to reorganize the natural and the manmade in poetic, witty ways. These sculptures, installations, and interventions offer novel approaches to questioning institutional power, which he sees as connected to the control and representation of nature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Generously illustrated, this publication introduces new insights and features more than seventy-five artworks. Essays address topics ranging from Dion's ecological activism to his loving critique of museums. A diverse group of contributors explores his work as a teacher, his public artworks such as \u003ci\u003eNeukom Vivarium\u003c\/i\u003e in Seattle, and his intricate curiosity cabinets installed throughout the world. They reveal how Dion's practice and formal investigations--which are rooted in history--connect to contemporary questions of disciplinary boundaries and the acquisition of knowledge in the age of the Anthropocene. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished in association with The Institute of Contemporary Art\/Boston \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExhibition Schedule: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInstitute of Contemporary Art\/Boston\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e (10\/04\/17-01\/07\/18)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ruth Erickson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300224079\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300224078\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.30h x 8.70w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/04\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2018 pg. 61\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2018","brand":"Ruth Erickson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46602688561407,"sku":"9780300224078","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d8a5b177-6a3d-475c-b749-339cf267ad9c.jpg?v=1739694988","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mark-dion-ruth-erickson-9780300224078","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}