FOR A DREAMER OF HOUSES
For a dreamer of houses, an imaginative and immersive exhibition. It explores the meaning of the spaces we inhabit and how they represent themselves. Our values and our desires. Discover more than fifty works from the DMA collection. In a variety of media that demonstrate the evocative power of objects. And domestic structures. The artists presented use forms derived from dwellings. Or furniture to investigate ideas such as belonging. Alienation. Fancy. Sex and body.
Gaston Bachelard.
The exhibition is based on the influential 1958 book by philosopher Gaston Bachelard. The poetics of space, and its organization correspond to five chapters. Who examine the psychological importance of houses. The main recent acquisitions, in particular the works of Alex Da Corte. Olivia Erlanger. EJ Hill. Francisco Moreno. Pipilotti Rist and Do Ho Suh, are highlighted in each section.
Dallas Museum of art → 1717 N Harwood St, Dallas, TX 75201, US
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