EXHIBITION

Cabinets of Wonder: The Art of Collecting

Children’s Museum of Art, 02/04/2014 - 06/01/2014

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CMA is pleased to announce our spring show Cabinets of Wonder: The Art of Collecting, an exhibition of works by established and emerging artists that encourages curiosity about the world.

Cabinets of Wonder or Curiosity Cabinets from the German term Wunderkammer are historically strange collections of natural objects, art, or bizarre artifacts that Illustrated the collectors’ rare knowledge, prestige or power. They can also be considered museums for our imagination, containing the objects and stories that demonstrate our curiosity for collecting.  A contemporary interpretation of the traditional Wunderkammer (Wonder Cabinets), this exhibition presents the work of contemporary artists who collect and re-display familiar objects from nature and every day life. In an era of high-tech mass production, these artists lend themselves to the labor-intensive, manual process that transforms the mundane into the marvelous...

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