Four lithographs: Et in Arcadia Ego; Hic Existo Monstrum; Theatrum Universale Omnium Historia Naturae; Summum Bonum Quod Est Magiae, Cabalae, Alchymae et Artis

Marc Dion, in collaboration with British artist Robert Williams, borrowed the scheme of the family tree to demonstrate how classification systems have been used to give order to a complex world. In Et in Arcadia Ego, Dion presents a hierarchy of terms referring to utopias, the afterlife, and other planes of existence. In Hic Existo Monstrum, he lists mythological monsters, among them, the names of bogeymen invented by the artists’ children. In Theatrum Universale Omnium Historia Naturae, he devises a visual history of those who advanced science. In Summum Bonum Quod Est Magiae, Cabalae, Alchymae et Artis, he acknowledges the interrelationship between art, science, alchemy, and mysticism, mentioning artists from Dürer to Jannis Kounellis and Louise Bourgeois. Into each of these lithographs Dion incorporated details from four 18th-century prints that he found at an Antwerp flea market. He believes there was originally a fifth print in that series, and should he find it, he and Williams intend to make an additional lithograph to complete their suite.

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