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OCTOBER 1, 2015 — JANUARY 3, 2016WADSWORTH ATHENEUM MUSEUM OF ART

MARK DIONMATRIX 173THE WADSWORTH ATHENEUM’S GREAT CHAIN OF BEING

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THE GREAT CHAIN OF BEING

COVER: MARK DION, DETAIL FROM ALBERT BIERSTADT, IN THEYOSEMITE VALLEY, 1866. OIL ON CANVAS. THE ELIZABETHHART JARVIS COLT COLLECTION, 1905.22. C-PRINT. COURTESYMARK DION AND TANYA BONAKDAR GALLERY, NEW YORK. PHOTO: ALLEN PHILLIPS, WADSWORTH ATHENEUM

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New York artist Mark Dion attended Hartford Art School in the early 1980s and foundinspiration in the Wadsworth Atheneum’s collection. In this fortieth anniversary yearof the MATRIX series, Dion was invited to create a special project. For MATRIX 173, heexplores the permanent collection to investigate the intersection of the histories ofart and science. Based on the Greek philosopher Aristotle’s ancient model of The GreatChain of Being, Dion followed the classic hierarchical chain of living creatures todevelop a Wadsworth-specific version composed of details from paintings, sculptures,and decorative arts found in the museum.

The concept that all living things are arranged in a continuous progression, from thesimplest to the most noble, is one of the most persistent ideas in Western intellectualtradition, as well as one of the most dangerous and absurd. The great chain of being, or

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Following tradition, Dion organizes The Great Chain from the least evolved form of lifeto the greatest, in a horizontal line around the gallery. He includes invertebrates andarthropods, fish and reptiles, birds and dogs, apes and humans, monsters and angels,demigods and demons, and, finally, the Devil and God. Related creatures―such asshells, birds, and cats―break the line in vertical configurations. Within the greatchain concept, humans, as both flesh and spirit, occupy a location midway betweenlowly worms and Divine Maker.

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The series of 125 photographs depict circular details of masterpieces from variouscultures and time periods chosen from the walls, pedestals, and storage vaults of theWadsworth Atheneum. The isolated creatures, removed from their original contexts inlarger objects, might stimulate visitors’ curiosities to search the museum to discoverthe original art sources. Dion’s Great Chain of Being benefits from the quality andbreadth of the collection, but is also circumscribed by its limits. His eclectic selectionreveals the different forms and styles of art making, which is emblematic of thediversity of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art’s collection.

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EDUCATION

1986 BFA, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford

2003 Honorary PhD, Hartford Art School,University of Hartford

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2015 Mark Dion / MATRIX 173, The Great Chain ofBeing, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum ofArt, Hartford, CTFuture Histories: Mark Dion and Arseny Zhilyaev, Casa dei Tre Coi, V-A-C Foundation, Venice, Italy

2014 Mark Dion: The Lost Museum, BrownUniversity, Providence, RIMark Dion: The Academy of Things, TheAcademy of Fine Arts Design, Dresden, Germany

2013 The Octagon Room (on long-term view),Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA Mark Dion: The Macabre Treasury, MuseumHet Domein, The Netherlands

2012 Mark Dion: Xylotheque Kassel, Documenta13, Kassel, GermanyMark Dion: Phantoms of the ClarkExpedition, The Explorer’s Club, presentedby the Clark Institute, New York, NY

2011 Oceanomania: Souvenirs of MysteriousSeas, Musée Océanographique de Monaco and Nouveau Musée National deMonaco / Villa Paloma, Monaco

2010 The Marvelous Museum: A Mark DionProject, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA

2007 Systema Metropolis, Natural HistoryMuseum, London, England

2006 The South Florida Wildlife Rescue Unit,Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL

2004 Rescue Archaeology, Museum of ModernArt, New York, NY

1999 Tate Thames Dig, Tate Gallery, London,England

Born in New Bedford, Lives in New York City

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS

2012 Den, a site-specific installation for theNational Tourist Routes in NorwayAn Archaeology of Knowledge, for the JohnsHopkins University, Baltimore, MD

2011 Ship in a Bottle for Port of Los AngelesWaterfront, San Pedro, CA

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The Wadsworth Atheneum’s Great Chain of BeingAll works are 16-x-20-inch c-prints by Mark DionCourtesy Mark Dion and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New YorkPhotography: Allen Phillips, Wadsworth Atheneum

1. Detail from Unidentified Artist, Still Life, 2nd half of 18th century. Oil on canvas. The Ella Gallup Sumnerand Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, 1938.607 2. Detail from John D. Parks, The Worm, 20th century.Color etching. Gift of the Boston Society of Independent Artists, Inc., 1950.153 3. Detail from TheodorosStamos, Sand Dollar, 1945. Oil on canvas board. Gift of Henry E. Schnakenberg, 1961.288 4. Detail fromMark Dion, Untitled (Mermaid), 2001. Hand-colored silkscreen on paper, ed. HC VI. Gift of the artist,2009.12.12 5. Detail from Unidentified Artist, Still Life, 2nd half of 18th century. Oil on canvas. The EllaGallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, 1938.607 6. Detail from Unidentified Artist, StillLife, 2nd half of 18th century. Oil on canvas. The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund,1938.607 7. Detail from Unidentified Artist, Still Life, 2nd half of 18th century. Oil on canvas. The Ella GallupSumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, 1938.607 8. Detail from Balthasar van der Ast, Still Lifewith Shells and Fruit, c. 1630–40. Oil on panel. The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner CollectionFund, 1937.491 9. Detail from Balthasar van der Ast, Still Life with Shells and Fruit, c. 1630–40. Oil on panel.The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, 1937.491 10. Detail from UnidentifiedArtist, Still Life, 2nd half of 18th century. Oil on canvas. The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin SumnerCollection Fund, 1938.607 11. Detail from Balthasar van der Ast, Still Life with Shells and Fruit, c. 1630–40.Oil on panel. The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, 1937.491 12. Detail fromThéodule Augustin Ribot, The Young Chef (Le Cuisinier aux Écrevisses), c. 1860–70. Oil on canvas. The EllaGallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, by exchange, 1998.2.1 13. Detail from JasperGeeraerds, Still Life with Lobster, c. 1645. Oil on canvas. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Merrill by exchange, andGift of Samuel P. Avery Jr. by exchange, 2012.3.1 14. Detail from Box, Wood. INV942.1994A 15. Detail fromMargaretha de Heer, Still Life with Insects and Shells, 1654. Oil on panel. The Ella Gallup Sumner and MaryCatlin Sumner Collection Fund, 1937.492 16. Detail from Unidentified Artist, Still Life, 2nd half of 18thcentury. Oil on canvas. The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, 1938.607 17. Detailfrom Johann Wilhelm Preyer, Still Life, c. 1850. Oil on canvas. Bequest of Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt, 1905.2818. Detail from Master of the Hartford Still Life, Still Life with Flowers and Fruits, c. 1600–10. Oil on canvas.The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, 1942.353 19. Detail from Margaretha deHeer, Still Life with Insects and Shells, 1654. Oil on panel. The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin SumnerCollection Fund, 1937.492 20. Detail from Unidentified Artist, Still Life, 2nd half of 18th century. Oil oncanvas. The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, 1938.607 21. Detail fromUnidentified Artist, Still Life, 2nd half of 18th century. Oil on canvas. The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary CatlinSumner Collection Fund, 1938.607 22. Detail from Plate, 18th century, Italian, Pesaro. Tin-glazedearthenware. A. Everett Austin, Jr. Collection. Gift of Mrs. Helen G. Austin, David E. Austin and Sarah G.Austin, 1958.62 23. Detail from Unidentified Artist, Still Life, 2nd half of 18th century. Oil on canvas. TheElla Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, 1938.607 24. Detail from Unidentified Artist,Still Life, 2nd half of 18th century. Oil on canvas. The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner CollectionFund, 1938.607 25. Detail from Margaretha de Heer, Still Life with Insects and Shells, 1654. Oil on panel.The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, 1937.492 26. Detail from TheodorosStamos, Composition with Braided Rope, 1945. Oil on composition board. Gift of Henry E. Schnakenberg,1949.614 27. Detail from Pablo Picasso, Still Life with Fish, 1923. Oil on canvas. The Philip L. GoodwinCollection, Gift of James L. Goodwin, Henry Sage Goodwin, and Richmond L. Brown, 1958.220 28. Detailfrom Bowl, no date, English. Earthenware. Gift of Dr. Horace S. Fuller, 1905.353 29. Detail from Plate,1777–80, French, Marseilles, Honoré Savy. Tin-glazed earthenware. Bequest of Mrs. Gurdon Trumbull,1934.208 30. Detail from Alfred Sisley, The Pike (Le Brochet), 1888. Oil on canvas. Gift in honor of Helene

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Detail from Coin (stater), 404-350 BCE, Greek, Aegina. Silver. Bequest of Henry E.Schnakenberg, 1971.52.176 38. Detail from Everald Brown, Spiritualism, 1979. Oil on canvas. The Ella GallupSumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, 1986.30 39. Detail from Alexander Calder, Untitled(Latch-Hooked Rug), c. 1965. Orange, yellow, blue, and black wool. Gift of Leslie and Rufus Stillman,2002.29.1 40. Detail from Balthasar van der Ast, Still Life with Shells and Fruit, c. 1630–40. Oil on panel.The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, 1937.491 41. Detail from The FourContinents (Europe, Asia, Africa, America), c. 1760, German, Meissen Porcelain Factory, Model by JohannJoachim Kaendler and assistants. Hard-paste porcelain. Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917.1294A 42. Detailfrom Wall fragments, Third Pompeian Style, c. 20 BCE–20 CE, Roman. Fresco fragment. The Ella Gallup Sumnerand Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, 1969.117 43. Detail from Head of a duck, New Kingdom, c.1550–1070 BCE, Egyptian. Faience. Bequest of Henry E. Schnakenberg, 1971.52.31 44. Detail from Swan, c.1747, German, Meissen Porcelain Factory, Model by Johann Joachim Kaendler. Hard-paste porcelain. Gift of J.Pierpont Morgan, 1917.1286 45. Detail from Ibis, Ptolemaic period, 300–30 BCE, Egyptian. Alabaster,bronze, and glass paste. Bequest of Henry E. Schnakenberg, 1971.52.162 46. Detail from Ostrich-Egg Cup,17th century, German, Nuremberg, Johannes Clauss. Silver-gilt and shell. Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan,1917.272 47. Detail from Peacock-shaped lamp, 6th–7th century CE, Byzantine, Egypt. Bronze. Bequest ofHenry E. Schnakenberg, 1971.52.50 48. Detail from Jacques Stella, The Judgment of Paris, 1650. Oil oncanvas. The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, 1957.445 49. Detail from GrandmaMoses, For Pastures New, 1942. Oil on panel. Gift of an anonymous donor, 1975.19 50. Detail from Nautiluscup, c. 1620 and c. 1710 (shell), German, Dresden. Nautilus shell, silver-gilt, and amethyst crystals. Gift of J.Pierpont Morgan, 1917.269 51. Detail from Sparrow hawk, c. 1739, German, Meissen Porcelain Factory,Model by Johann Joachim Kaendler. Hard-paste porcelain. Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917.1283 52. Detailfrom Joseph Cornell, Untitled, 1965. Collage. Gift of The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation,1996.34.7 53. Detail from Fidelia Bridges, Canaan Mountains and Blackberry River, 1880. Watercolor onpaper. Gift of Dorothy Clark Archibald,1999.16.11 54. Detail from Piero di Cosimo, The Finding of Vulcan onthe Island of Lemnos, c. 1490. Oil and tempera on canvas. The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin SumnerCollection Fund, 1932.1 55. Detail from Plate, 1765–75, English, Burslem, Josiah Wedgwood (probably).Earthenware. The Stephen Terry Collection, gift of Mrs. Stephen Terry, 1905.760 56. Detail from EveraldBrown, Spiritualism, 1979. Oil on canvas. The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund,1986.30 57. Detail from Plate, 1793, French, Sèvres Porcelain Factory. Soft-paste porcelain. Gift of J.Pierpont Morgan, 1917.1147 58. Detail from Plate, 1793, French, Sèvres Porcelain Factory. Soft-pasteporcelain. Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917.1149 59. Detail from Flower vase (vase hollandais), c. 1757–60,French, Sèvres Porcelain Factory. Soft-paste porcelain. Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917.1003a,b 60. Detailfrom Plate, 18th century, Italian, Pesaro. Tin-glazed earthenware. A. Everett Austin, Jr. Collection. Gift ofMrs. Helen G. Austin, David E. Austin and Sarah G. Austin, 1958.62 61. Detail from Plate, 1793, French,Sèvres Porcelain Factory. Soft-paste porcelain. Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917.1150 62. Detail from Plate,1793, French, Sèvres Porcelain Factory. Soft-paste porcelain. Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917.1148 63. Detail from The Four Continents (Europe, Asia, Africa, America), c. 1760, German, Meissen PorcelainFactory, Model by Johann Joachim Kaendler and assistants. Hard-paste porcelain. Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan,1917.1294A 64. Detail from Nicolaes Berchem, A Moor Offering a Parrot to a Lady, c. 1660–70. Oil oncanvas. The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, 1961.29 65. Detail from Pair of

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bearded vultures, 1904, German, Meissen Porcelain Factory. Hard-paste porcelain. Gift of Alice Ross Gold,2011.10.1–2 66. Detail from Pitcher, c. 1800–10, English, Liverpool, Herculaneum Pottery. Creamware. The Stephen Terry Collection, gift of Mrs. Stephen Terry, 1905.806 67. Detail from Sparrow hawk, c. 1739,German, Meissen Porcelain Factory, Model by Johann Joachim Kaendler. Hard-paste porcelain. Gift of J.Pierpont Morgan, 1917.1283 68. Detail from Armorial Plate, early 18th century, Dutch. Porcelain. TheRichard and Georgette A. Koopman Collection of Delft, 2004.26.7 69. Detail from Cornelis van Poelenburgh,The Feast of the Gods, 1623. Oil on panel. The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund,1940.24 70. Detail from Jacques Stella, The Judgment of Paris, 1650. Oil on canvas. The Ella Gallup Sumnerand Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, 1957.445 71. Detail from Cup and Saucer, 1807–13, English,Worcester, Barr, Flight, and Barr Company. Soft-paste porcelain. Gift of Reverend Alfred Duane Pell,1913.544 72. Detail from Charles Burchfield, Study of Bats in Flight, c. 1954–63. Conté crayon on wovepaper. Bequest of Edward Gorey, 2001.13.34 73. Detail from His Plate, 1924, Boston, Massachusetts, PaulRevere Pottery, Fanny Levine. Earthenware. Gift of Augusta Hart Williams, by exchange, 1986.68 74. Detailfrom Seated squirrel, c. 1750, German, Meissen Porcelain Factory, Model by Johann Joachim Kaendler.Hard-paste porcelain. Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917.1270 75. Detail from Child’s Mug: Kangaroo, 19thcentury, English. Earthenware. Gift of Mrs. Douglas T. Smith, 1966.82.162 76. Detail from Oil flask(lekythos), c. 490–475 BCE, Greek, Attica, Brygos Painter. Terracotta. The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary CatlinSumner Collection Fund, 1963.40 77. Detail from Marc Chagall, Autumn in the Village, 1939–45. Oil oncanvas. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Jaretski, 1952.438 78. Detail from George Catlin, Catlin the ArtistShooting Buffalos in Texas with Colt’s Revolving Pistol, 1855. Oil on canvas. The Ella Gallup Sumner and MaryCatlin Sumner Collection Fund, 2005.2.1 79. Detail from Sanford Robinson Gifford, A Passing Storm in theAdirondacks, 1866. Oil on canvas. The Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt Collection, 1905.23 80. Detail from AlbertBierstadt, In the Yosemite Valley, 1866. Oil on canvas. The Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt Collection, 1905.22 81. Detail from Ceramic saucer, 19th century, English. Gift of Mrs. Douglas T. Smith, 1966.82.234 82. Detailfrom Battista Dossi, The Battle of Orlando and Rodomonte, c. 1527–30. Oil on canvas. The Ella Gallup Sumnerand Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, 1949.81 83. Detail from Saucer, 19th century, English.Earthenware. Gift of Mrs. Douglas T. Smith, 1966.82.238 84. Detail from Eugene Fromentin, EgyptianLandscape, c. 1852–53. Oil on panel. Bequest of George H. Story, 1923.246 85. Detail from George Catlin,Catlin the Artist and Sportsman Relieving One of his Companions from an Unpleasant Predicament During his Travels in Brazil, 1854. Oil on canvas. The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund,2005.2.2 86. Detail from Hunting Horn, 17th–18th century, German. Ivory. Gift of Mrs. Ansel G. Cook,1929.422 87. Detail from Sultana on an elephant, c. 1763–74, German, Meissen Porcelain Factory.Hard-paste porcelain. Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917.1296 88. Detail from Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, The Otter Hunt, 1843–44. Oil on panel. The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund,1942.347 89. Detail from John James Audubon, Pennant's Marten, 1842. Watercolor on paper. Gift of HenryE. Schnakenberg, 1958.166 90. Detail from D. W. Kellogg and Company, A Favourite Cat, 19th century.Lithograph. Gift from the Estate of John H. Sage, 1925.941 91. Detail from Black Panther, 19th century,English. Earthenware. Gift of Mrs. Douglas T. Smith, 1966.82.187 92. Detail from Leopard plate, 19thcentury, English. Earthenware. Gift of Mrs. Douglas T. Smith, 1966.82.248 93. Detail from George Catlin,Mid-Day Halt on Rio Trombutas, 1854. Oil on canvas. The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin SumnerCollection Fund, 2005.2.4 94. Detail from Antoine-Louis Barye, Tiger Resting, c. 1855–60. Oil on canvas. Gift of Henry E. Schnakenberg, 1968.130 95. Detail from Benjamin West, Una and the Lion (Mary Hall in theCharacter of Una), 1771. Oil on canvas. The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund,1941.591 96. Detail from William Holbrook Beard, The Dog Congress (Candidates for Bench Snow), c. 1876.Oil on canvas. The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, 1942.443 97. Detail fromAllegorical Figure of Taste, c. 1755, German, Meissen Porcelain Factory. Hard-paste porcelain. Gift of J.Pierpont Morgan, 1917.1458 98. Detail from Seated Male Monkey Chained to a Rock, c. 1749, German,Meissen Porcelain Factory, Model by Johann Joachim Kaendler. Hard-paste porcelain. Gift of J. PierpontMorgan, 1917.1260 99. Detail from John Baldessari, Monkey and Owl (the senses), 1991. Photograph, oil,and acrylic. Gift of John Baldessari in memory of L. Julian Pretto, with funds for framing from the Alexander

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Support for the Wadsworth Atheneum is provided in part bythe Greater Hartford Arts Council’s United Arts Campaignand the Department of Economic and CommunityDevelopment, which also receives support from theNational Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

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ARTIST TALKS

MATRIX Gallery TalksMark Dion Thursday, October 16 pmFree with admission to First Thursday

Mark Dion will discuss his MATRIX project in theEleanor H. Bunce Gallery.

Art and Curiosity Cabinets: Historical andContemporary PerspectivesSunday, October 4

2 pm Gallery Talk with MATRIX 173 ArtistMark Dion (MATRIX Gallery)

2:30-3 pm Gallery Viewing and Public Reception3-4 pm Introduction to Cabinets of Curiosity

with Mark Meadow (Theater)4:15-5:30 pm Panel Discussion (Theater)

Free admission

Art and Curiosity Cabinets from the 16th and 17thcenturies are reflections of their society andculture, inspiring us to think about how objects are displayed in light of our human curiosity andunderstanding. Join us for an introduction anddiscussion of Art and Curiosity Cabinets with Mark Meadow and Bruce Robertson (History of Art and Architecture, University of California, Santa Barbara), Janet Browne (History of Science,Harvard), and MATRIX 173 artist Mark Dion.

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