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What’s Going on at the Des Moines Art Center?

By TD Webmaster on November 05 2009

Return to Function
Oct. 2 – Jan. 10
The exhibit features pretty as well as practical artistic pieces. A cellular phone doubles as an exercise machine and a do-it-yourself coffin. The works look like items used daily, but contain a commentary about the pervasive nature of advertising, among other messages.

Art in Ruins
Through Jan. 3
The exhibition presents prints, photographs, sculpture and a video that depict the remains of former civilizations, governments and religions torn apart by war, disaster and time. The strange part about “Art in Ruins,” however, is how it mirrors contemporary society.

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