"The Department of Tropical Research"
Mark Dion
presented by the gallery:
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery
521 West 21st Street New York, NY 10011
Tel. +1 212 414 4144 e-mail:
The Drawing Center
35 Wooster Street, New York, NY, 10013tel: 212.219.2166 fax: 888.380.3362 email:
April 14 > July 16, 2017
Mark Dion, The Department of Tropical Research - Oceanographic Laboratory, 2016
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Mark Dion's Exploratory Works: Drawings from the Department of Tropical Research Field Expeditions at The Drawing Center. The exhibition examines the images produced by the Department of Tropical Research (DTR) during their pioneering ecological expeditions to South America and the Caribbean in the first half of the 20th century. Dion will present two new major installations, which will recreate with great detail, the DTR’s field labs for both their jungle and aquatic missions. Alongside the field stations, sixty historical drawings produced by a variety of artists in collaboration with the DTR’s scientists will be exhibited for the first time. Co-organized by Dion, historian and anthropologist Katherine McLeod, and Madeleine Thompson, institutional archivist at the Wildlife Conservation Society in New York, Exploratory Works highlights a seminal moment when art advanced our understanding of science, and in turn science trusted the intuition of the artist to show us something as-of-yet unimaginable.
Opening reception:
Thursday, April 13, 6 - 8pm
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Wednesday 12-6pm
Thursday 12-8pm
Friday-Sunday 12-6pm
(closed on Monday & Tuesday)
Admission :
Adults: $5
Student and seniors: $3
Children under 12: Free
Members: Free
Admission is free on Thursdays, 6–8pm
Wednesday 12-6pm
Thursday 12-8pm
Friday-Sunday 12-6pm
(closed on Monday & Tuesday)
Admission :
Adults: $5
Student and seniors: $3
Children under 12: Free
Members: Free
Admission is free on Thursdays, 6–8pm
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