Mark Dion: Seaweed Pressed on Paper
Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Most people press flowers between the pages of books. Artist Mark Dion prefers seaweed, and as you can see in this exclusive Art21 video, the effect can be stunning.
About Mark Dion
Mark Dion’s work examines the ways in which dominant ideologies and public institutions shape our understanding of history, knowledge, and the natural world. Appropriating archeological and other scientific methods of collecting, ordering, and exhibiting objects, Dion creates artworks that question the distinctions between “objective” (”rational”) scientific methods and “subjective,”(”irrational”) influences. Read more…
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