The Perilous Texas Adventures of Mark Dion

Mark Dion, Margaret C. Adler

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Yale University Press
28 January 2020

Art & design styles: Conceptual art; Individual artists, art monographs

This dazzling volume records the artist’s travels through the Lone Star State, a grand expedition for our time

Renowned artist Mark Dion (b. 1961) has a deep passion for history and the natural world. His installations mine the materials of the past to level an institutional critique in the present. Evoking the grand expeditionary journals of the 19th century, this singular volume records Dion’s latest work, produced through his crisscrossing of Texas and exploration of the Lone Star State. Dion retraces the travels of four artists and naturalists—John James Audubon, Sarah Ann Lillie Hardinge, Frederick Law Olmsted, and Charles Wright—who journeyed to the region over a century ago. Dion’s travel companions include preservationists, ranchers, botanists, a poet, a tarot card reader, and fellow artists who offer accompanying texts, while lavish illustrations feature the objects Dion made or collected during his travels alongside historical artworks and botanical specimens. The result is a stunning document of the American West, past and present.

Distributed for the Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Exhibition Schedule:

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth

(February 8–May 17, 2020)

By: Mark Dion, Margaret C. Adler
Imprint: Yale University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 235mm, Spine: 2mm
Weight: 1.191kg
ISBN: 9780300246193
ISBN 10: 0300246196
Pages: 168
Publication Date: 28 January 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mark Dion is an artist based in New York City. Margaret C. Adler is curator at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas.