On June 24, the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, debuted the exhibition “Mark Dion and Alexis Rockman: Journey to Nature”™s Underworld,” the first two-person survey of these renowned artists.
A highlight of this show is a one-of-a-kind, bespoke installation created specifically for the Bruce Museum ”“ a “Cabinet of Curiosity” fashioned from artifacts in the museum”™s collection.
The two artists worked closely with the museum”™s Collections Manager Tim Walsh to mine the collection. As a team they unearthed objects and curiosities of science and natural history held in the Bruce”™s collection and archive while simultaneously exploring the work of the founding Bruce Museum Curators Edward Fuller Bigelow and Paul Griswold Howes. The result is an immersive, physical environment in which visitors can explore the early days of the Bruce Museum and the fascinating lives of these two early 20th Century naturalists.
On July 18, join Dion, Rockman and Walsh as they unpack the cabinet-of-curiosity and reveal what lies within beginning at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 18, in the Gale and Robert H. Lawrence Jr., and Pamela and Robert Goergen Auditorium. This program will also be livestreamed online. Space is limited; online registration requiredat BruceMuseum.org.
Dion received his BFA and an honorary doctorate from the University of Hartford, Hartford Art School, and attended the Whitney Museum of American Art”™s Independent Study Program. Dion”™s work examines the ways in which dominant ideologies and public institutions shape our understanding of history, knowledge and the natural world.
Rockman has exhibited extensively worldwide since 1985. He has been the subject of many international solo and group exhibitions, including a major retrospective organized at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. His work is also included in public and private collections around the world.
Located in Bruce Park overlooking Greenwich Harbor, the Bruce Museum is a community-based, world-class institution that offers a changing array of exhibitions and educational programs to promote the understanding and appreciation of art and science.
