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WONDER 
​RENWICK GALLERY

The photos below are a sample of the amazing artwork displayed at the Wonder exhibit at the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.  The exhibit is a knock-out!  
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Welcome to the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery

Plexus A1 by Gabriel Dawe

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Dawe creates a rainbow of color by stretching hundreds of colored threads from floor to ceiling.
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Tara Donovan

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Donovan uses toothpicks, straws, styrofoam cups, scotch tape, and index cards to create these structures.

John Grade, Middle Fork

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John Grade hand-carved 500,000 tiny, cedar shapes to create this model of a 150-year-old hemlock tree.
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Hemlock Tree Base

Janet Echelman, 1.8

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Echelman created a ceiling of constantly changing color and movement and a floor of undulating waves to simulate the 2011 tsunami along the Japanese Coast.
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If you wish to use or purchase any photographs or videos, please contact Ron or Nancy Goor at ron.nancygoor@gmail.com.
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All the photographs on this site are by Ron Goor.  
Nancy Goor designed and wrote the text for this website.