Dollhouse: Art as Serious Play

By Priscilla Otani

Genius is childhood recalled at will. Charles Baudelaire

When you were a child you made art, probably lots of it. You, and everyone around you, called that "playing." Art is part of a child's normal response to
almost any aspect of life. A small child asks an art-teacher what he does at work. "I teach people to draw" the teacher says, and the child responds "You mean
they forget?"

Within the bounds of an imaginary dollhouse, this exhibition showcases art that
uses the tropes of playtime - storybooks, toys, dolls, games, dress-up, imaginary
friends, and secret spaces - to explore the serious and playful nature of
art-making. The works compel the viewer to recall the joys of make-believe
and to appreciate the unique interpretation of "play" that each artist brings to
the dollhouse.

Priscilla Otani & Tanya Wilkinson, Curators

Exhibition: January 15 - February 19, 2022

Featured Artists:
Afatasi the Artist, Glenn Bachmann, Rosalia Baltazar-Schoemaker, Marie Bergstedt, Johnny Botts, Joshua Coffy, Sas Colby, Diana Elrod, Miriam Fabbri, Kathy Fujii-Oka, Dolores M Gray, Maribel Guzman & Miriam Munguia & Jose Nunez, Trudi Chamoff Hauptman & Zachariah Hauptman, Dianne Hoffman, Jennifer Jigour, J.L. King, Liz Mamorsky, Michael McConnell, Erika Meriaux, Geralyn Marie Montano, Howard Munson, Tomye Neal-Madison, Kristine Mays, Sean O'Donnell, Priscilla Otani, Barbara Pollak-Lewis, Na Omi Judy Shintani, Liz Steketee, Denise Tarantino, Stephen C. Wagner, Tanya Wilkinson, and Sandra Yagi

Arc Gallery, 1246 Folsom St., San Francisco CA

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B09NRKX936
• ISBN13: 9798787563832
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 8.5"