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Friday 24-Feb-2012 - Sunday 26-Aug-2012

Playing House is the first in a series of installations that aim to engage visitors with the Brooklyn Museum's period rooms.

Artists Betty Woodman, Anne Chu, Ann Agee, and Mary Lucier have been invited to place site-specific artwork in eight of the Museum’s historic rooms, which have been interpreted by curators over the years to illustrate how Americans of various times, economic levels, and locations lived. The artists were asked to consider these factors when developing their ideas. The project originated with Woodman's observation that although being an artist means confronting the art of the past, no one can enter the past—except through “make believe,” or “playing house,” by which the past can be appropriated.

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  http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/playing_house/

  Art Medium:

  Furniture

  Art Period:

  Contemporary (1965-today)

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  Venue Type:

  Museum

  Venue Description:

  Home to permanent collections ranging from ancient Egyptian artefacts to contemporary art, Brooklyn Museum is part of a complex of nineteenth century parks and gardens that also includes Prospect Park, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and the Prospect Park Zoo.

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  Wed, Sat-Sun 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM; Thu-Fri 11:00 AM - 10:00 PM; First Sat of each month 11:00 AM - 11:00 PM

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