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Introduction

Nature/Artifice

Contemporary Works from the Collection
April 25, 2009 - February 28, 2010

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.

Selected Objects

Tony Capellán

Mar Caribe [Carribean Sea], 1996

Duane Slick

Oration at Dawn, 2005

Christian Marclay

Cascade, 1989

Paul Morrison

Rhizophore, 2006

Roger Hiorns

Untitled, 2005

Richard Long

Mountainside Ellipse, 1999
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Yeondoo Jung, video artist

Documentary Nostalgia, 2007

Jeanne Silverthorne

Dry Mouth, 2003

Sue McNally

King's Beach, 2007

Cathy Wilkes

Untitled, 2008

Joseph Beuys

Capri-Batterie (Capri Battery), 1985

Damien Hirst

Utopia, 2008

Julian Opie

View of Matsuzaki Bay in the Rain, from Route 136, 2007

More objects +

Exhibition Checklist

Nature/Artifice : Contemporary Works from the Collection

April 25, 2009 - February 28, 2010
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