Artists From Do Ho Suh to Alex Da Corte Interpret the Meaning of Home in a Timely Exhibition in Dallas—See It Here
While museums around the globe are closed to the public, we
are spotlighting each day an inspiring exhibition that was
previously on view. Even if you can’t see it in person, allow us to
give you a virtual look.
“For a Dreamer of Houses”
Dallas Art Museum
What the museum says: “‘For a Dreamer of Houses,’
an imaginative and immersive exhibition, explores the significance
of the spaces we inhabit and how they represent ourselves, our
values, and our desires. …The featured artists use forms derived
from dwellings or furnishings to investigate ideas including
belonging, alienation, fantasy, gender, and the body.
The exhibition takes inspiration from philosopher Gaston
Bachelard’s influential 1958 book The Poetics of Space and
his use of the house as a metaphor for psychological and cultural
development. Fifty-four works in a variety of media by more than 35
artists from around the globe demonstrate the evocative power of
domestic objects and structures.”
Why it’s worth a look: At a moment when
most of us are spending a whole lot more time at home, this show
feels especially timely with its expansive view of domesticity in
its many forms. The show features more than 50 works, most from
within the museum’s own collection, and is organized by themes
drawn from the chapters in Bachelard’s book.
Some of the works, like Alex Da Corte or Do Ho Suh’s
three-dimensional installations, relate to the literal structure of
a house in sections titled “Dialectics of Inside and Outside” and
“Shells.” Others, like Olivia Erlanger’s sculpture of a mermaid
tail hanging from a washing machine, is included in a section
called “Drawers, Chests, and Wardrobes,” about objects as
repositories of private desires. Many of the works explore ideas of
shelter as a concept instead of a literal place, a way of seeking
refuge, or delineating boundaries between spaces.
What it looks like:
Alex Da Corte’s Rubber Pencil
Devil (2018). Photo: John Smith, courtesy of the Dallas Museum
of Art.
Installation view of Francisco Moreno’s
Chapel (2016-18). Photo: John Smith, courtesy of the Dallas
Museum of Art.
Francisco Moreno, Chapel
(2016-18). Photo: John Smith, courtesy of the Dallas Museum of
Art.
Do Ho Suh, Hub, 260-10 Sungbook-dong,
Sungbook-ku, Seoul, Korea, (2016). Photo: John Smith, courtesy
of Dallas Museum of Art.
Installation view of “For a Dreamer of
Houses” at the Dallas Museum of Art. Photo: John Smith.
Olivia Erlanger, Pergusa (2019).
Photo: John Smith, courtesy of AND NOW Gallery and the artist.
Alex Da Corte’s Rubber Pencil
Devil (2018). Photo: John Smith, courtesy of the Dallas Museum
of Art.
Margaret Lee, Who Do You Think You
Are (sink) (2016). Courtesy of the Dallas Museum of Art.
Pipilotti Rist, Massachusetts
Chandelier, (2010). Dallas Museum of Art. © Pipilotti Rist
Courtesy of the artist, Hauser & Wirth, and Luhring Augustine.
Misty Keasler, Green Room
(Quarenteen) Leagnul di Copii, Tigru Mures, Romania, (2004).
Courtesy of the artist and the Public Trust Gallery.
Annette Lawrence, 3708 Utopia Pkwy
#1 (1999). © Annette Lawrence.
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