"The Wonder Parlor," A Collaboration between Clare Parry and Julia Westerbeke at The New Children's Museum

December 5th, 2008-January 16th, 2009 Opening Reception: Friday December 5th, 5pm-8:30pm Artists Clare Parry and Julia Westerbeke have teamed up to create “The Wonder Parlor,” an interactive installation in the Teen Studio of The New Children’s Museum. A seemingly ordinary collection of thrift-store furniture has become the site of sprawling black-and-white collages that pour out of cabinets and hide inside drawers. A flock of birds soar out of an antique side table. A collection of bats absconds under a tattered chair near sumptuous drips of jewelry and coiling snakes. Fantastical and absurd creatures abound, among them human-animal hybrids and light bulbs with legs. Throughout this installation, the visual puns of surrealism are given a contemporary spin with collages that mind the gap between the strange and the beautiful. This project is inspired by Cabinets of Curiosities (or Wunderkammer). Similarly, “The Wonder Parlor” is an accumulation of strange sights that evoke feelings of mystery and awe. Viewers will find themselves consumed by the intricacies of a bizarre and exquisite new world that was made by the simplest and humblest of means: collage. Please come join us at this exciting exhibition! The New Children's Museum 200 West Island Avenue
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