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Wunderkammer

Cabinets of Curiosities
by Christine Marie Davis

Wunderkammers were the percursors of the modern museum. Wealthy travelers collected unusual objects and rare artifacts on their travels and brought them home to impress guests and for their own amusement. Some of the objects were authentic, while others were well-crafted fakes, designed to entice the unwary collector.

This is an ongoing series that explores the fantasy world of the wunderkammer. All objects are fabrications and assemblages made from found objects and tactile materials. Combining primitive and modern, organic and manmade, they are meant to entice and repulse, intrigue and confound and likely stimulate primal, erotic fantasies.

All Images © Christine Marie Davis 2003-2007