Word: mingwei
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Installation artist Lee Mingwei wants to make you feel right at home
...room installation at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum entitled "The Living Room," artist-in-residence Lee Mingwei attempts to bridge the gap between art and the public in an innovative, interactive exhibition. Inspired by the spirit of hospitality and intellectual exchange that characterized Gardner's turn-of-the-century salon lifestyle, "The Living Room" rejects the notion of the traditional art object in favor of a participatory process in which the visitor's own aesthetic experience constitutes the finished product. Rather than look at anything in particular, Lee encourages "viewers" to discuss their aesthetic ideas in a warm and friendly...
...Drop by Lee Mingwei's "The Living Room" inside the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum at 280 The Fenway in Boston, a few hundred yards from the Museum of Fine Arts, close to the Museum T stop on the Green Line. The installation runs through April 30. Hours are Tue. through Sun., 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults, but only $5 ($3 on Wednesdays) with a student...