Otherwordly at MAD - Part 1

James Casebere, Landscape with Houses (Dutchess County, NY) #8 2010

 I  recommend that anyone interested in the topics of this blog visit the Museum of Arts and Design to see the exhibit Otherworldly: Optical Delusions and Small Realities, which closes on September 18, 2011.

The show features the work of contemporary artists from around the world.  MAD's website refers to the "phenomenal renaissance of interest among artists worldwide in constructing small-scale hand built depictions of artificial environments and alternate realities. 

Many of the show's artists have been featured on this blog individually, and also as part of a posting from Elephant Magazine that previewed an upcoming book called Microworlds.

As you can see from the photographs I took this past week, the museum had the good insight to exhibit the pieces in front of plain, solid backgrounds, which made photographing these a pleasure.  I hope you enjoy these.  And get to the exhibit!

All photographs in this posting: Tom Casesa.  Click images to enlarge.

Joe Fig, Self Portrait 2007. 2007

Joe Fig, Self Portrait, 2007.  2007

Joe Fig, Jackson Pollock, 2008

Joe Fig, Chuck Close: 2004 (This and following 2 photos)

Peter Feignebaum, 187.4. 2010 (and next four photos)

Alan Wolfson, Canal St. Cross-Section. 2009-10

Lori Nix, Violin Repair Shop, 2011

Otherworldly - Part 2

This is the second part of a two-part posting on Otherworldly: Optical Delusions and Small Realities, which is showing at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City, and closes on September 18, 2011.  See more details in the first posting (directly below this posting).

Photographs: Tom Casesa.    Click images to enlarge.

Matthew Albanese,  A New Life # 1, 2011

The Chadwicks, The Golden-Age Microbrewery, 2008

Frank Kunert,  Menu a Duex.  2009

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David Lawrey and Jaki Middleton,  Consolidated Life, 2010.

In the foreground, Raspberry Model, 2009, by Betthany De Forest.  In the background to the left you can see a bit of the exhibits by Martin and Paloma Munoz, although visitors are not allowed to photograph them up close.   However, their work appears several times in this blog (See Snow Globes Part 2,  Part 1, and Islands).

Closer view of Raspberry Model.

Lori Nix, Beauty Shop, 2009.

Gregory Euclide, held within what hung open and made to lie without escape, 2011.