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Installation view of Nature/Artifice: Contemporary Works from the Collection on view 04-25-2009 through 02-28-2010 at the RISD Museum.

Nature/Artifice

Contemporary Works from the Collection
April 25, 2009 - February 28, 2010
Installation view of Nature/Artifice: Contemporary Works from the Collection on view 04-25-2009 through 02-28-2010 at the RISD Museum.

Introduction

This selection of contemporary paintings, sculpture, and video from the Museum’s collection explores the relationship between nature and artifice. In some cases, natural materials-a lemon, thistles, or rocks, for example-are placed in artful arrangements or altered to extend their significance. Conversely, manufactured materials-ranging from audiotape to flip-flop sandals-are configured to resemble such natural phenomena as a cascading waterfall or the Caribbean Sea. A number of the works featured here are recent acquisitions being shown for the first time.

Judith Tannenbaum

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Selected Objects

Roger Hiorns

Untitled

Duane Slick

Oration at Dawn

Richard Long

Mountainside Ellipse

Cathy Wilkes

Untitled

Damien Hirst

Utopia

Paul Morrison

Rhizophore

Joseph Beuys

Capri-Batterie (Capri Battery)

Tony Capellán

Mar Caribe [Carribean Sea]
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Nature/Artifice : Contemporary Works from the Collection

April 25, 2009 - February 28, 2010
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