“That Place: Selections from the Collection” Exhibition
Brooklyn Museum
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Our home, our street, our city, our country—these are familiar locations, places that define our lives. Yet places can be more than physical. Some of the works on view in these galleries evoke a literal place, either domestic or communal. Others, however, approach the concept of place metaphorically, with evocations of a social and cultural place or references to art history that offer a point of departure, where traditions can be reworked or reconsidered. The past—both personal and collective—occupies a significant place in our memories from which we see the present and imagine the future. Not limited to dwelling, the idea of place transcends geographical and temporal boundaries to include race, ethnicity, and gender in the creation of places where past and future, illusion and reality, meet.
[Image: Nina Chanel Abney (American, b. 1982) “Forbidden Fruit” (2009) Acrylic on canvas, 67 x 77 1/2 in. ]
Media
Schedule
Artist(s)
Nina Chanel Abney, Hellen van Meene, Nick Cave, Dash Snow, Tara Donovan, Shinique Smith, Vera Lutter, Mitch Epstein et al.
Fee
Suggested Contributions: Adults $10, Seniors and Students $6, Members and Children under 12 and First Saturday of the month 5pm to 11pm Free
Venue Hours
From 11:00 To 18:00
thursdays closing at 22:00,
Closed on Mondays, Tuesdays
Note:First Saturday of the month 11am to 11pm
Access
Address: 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Phone: 718-638-5000 Fax: 718-501-6136
Subway: 2/3 to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum
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