Armory Center for the Arts
145 N. Raymond Ave
626.792.5101
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Elizabeth King, Still from Eidolon, Courtesy Armory Center for the Arts
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Mar 15, 2008 – June 1, 2008
Tuesdays–Sundays (noon–5pm)
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Note: There is an opening reception on Sat Mar 15 (7-9pm).
ArtForum critic and independent curator Michael Duncan encourages childish behavior in Good Doll Bad Doll, an exhibition featuring modern and contemporary artists who use dolls as "mini me"-style stand-ins. Happy childhood memories aside, dolls as subject matter have the potential for a high creep-factor (Chucky, anyone?), a point that clearly did not escape Duncan. Included in the show are works by surrealist photographer Hans Bellmer and art provocateur E.V. Day — both artists use macabre images of dismembered mannequins and mummified Barbies to reveal their alter-egos' darker side.
