Ghost Stories: The Disembodied Spirit

Ghost Stories: The Disembodied Spirit was a unique multimedia exploration of art and culture in the late-nineteenth century and the late-twentieth century about the depiction of ghosts and the otherworldly. Connecting the work of a wide range of contemporary artists with that of an earlier generation, the exhibition examined how artists have used the innovations of their time to investigate and exploit cultural phenomena, such as the paranormal, current interest in cyberspace and virtual reality, as well as Spiritualism of the late-nineteenth century.

The exhibition included over eighty works of photography, video, and mixed-media installations by artists such as Diane Arbus, Joseph Beuys, Julia Margaret Cameron, Jim Campbell, Gregory Crewdson, Ann Hamilton, Clarence John Laughlin, Sally Mann, Bruce Nauman, Tony Oursler, and James Van Der Zee, among others.

Organized by Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine.

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Ghost Stories: The Disembodied Spirit
Organisation: Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick / Maine

mit Diane Arbus, Joseph Beuys, Julia Margaret Cameron, Jim Campbell, Gregory Crewdson, Ann Hamilton, Clarence John Laughlin, Sally Mann, Bruce Nauman, Tony Oursler, James van der Zee, u.a.