There are only five more days to see Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland, 1861-2008! Work

There are only five more days to see Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland, 1861-2008! Working on this exhibition, curated by Robin Jaffee Frank at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, has been a thrilling experience for me. It’s the first show I’ve organized at the Brooklyn Museum (and ever!), so it’s been a truly meaningful four months. In addition to learning more about artists with whom I’ve been long familiar, I was introduced to many new artists and have come to really love and appreciate Coney Island. Indeed, one of the biggest perks has been getting to spend time there, visiting Coney Island U.S.A., the Coney Island Circus Sideshow, and the studio of Marie Roberts.So, in farewell to this exhibition and in hopes that everyone will come out for its last week, I leave you with this work by the artist Swoon. Her ethereal installation juxtaposes five portraits with the Cyclone, one of the last existing wooden roller coasters. The woman at center is in the process of erecting a structure, while the young boy, second from right, raises his fist in triumph as he stands behind a nest of baby birds. Given Swoon’s fascination with Coney Island’s ceaseless potential for magic and mystery, her three-dimensional dreamscape could represent a cautiously optimistic belief in the site’s continual rebirth.Posted by Connie H. ChoiSwoon (American, born 1977). Coney, Early Evening, 2005. Brooklyn Museum © Swoon  -- source link

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