Mark Dion at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery

Mark Dion’s latest show is for the birds, which is to say that the centerpiece, a huge cage housing a selection of books related to birds and their predators along with several zebra finch and canaries, is intended as a gift to our feathered friends. The birds seem to be more concerned about nest building and communicating with each other than in reading, leaving the literature to humans and reinforcing Dion’s point that it’s always about us. (At Tanya Bonakdar Gallery through April 16th).

Mark Dion, The Library for the Birds of New York, steel, wood, books and birds, 138 x 240 inches, 2016.
Mark Dion, The Library for the Birds of New York, steel, wood, books and birds, 138 x 240 inches, 2016.