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”’Aaron G. Beebe”’ is an American artist and curator working in Brooklyn, New York. He was the Director of the [[Coney Island Museum]], |
”’Aaron G. Beebe”’ is an American artist and curator working in Brooklyn, New York. He was the Director of the [[Coney Island Museum]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/20/nyregion/thecity/a-tweed-suit-for-the-bearded-lady.html|title=A Tweed Suit for the Bearded Lady|last=Gill|first=John Freeman|access-date=2018-11-05|language=en}}</ref> is a co-founder of the [[Morbid Anatomy Museum]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews-arts-culture/morbid-anatomy-museum-closes-its-doors-180961509/|title=Morbid Anatomy Museum Closes Its Doors|last=Mansky|first=Jacqueline|work=Smithsonian|access-date=2018-11-05|language=en}}</ref> and is the creator of the Congress for Curious People<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.curiouscongress.es/|title=The Congress for Curious People, Barcelona|last=|first=|date=|website=The Congress for Curious People|access-date=2018-11-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://curiouscongress.wordpress.com/|title=The Congress for Curious People, London|last=|first=|date=|website=The Congress for Curious People|access-date=2018-11-05}}</ref> |
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Beebe was born in [[Lakewood, Ohio]], and attended [[Ohio State University]] and [[New York University]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Aaron G. Beebe resume |url=http://aaronbeebe.net/resume/ |accessdate=January 20, 2020}}</ref> |
Beebe was born in [[Lakewood, Ohio]], and attended [[Ohio State University]] and [[New York University]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Aaron G. Beebe resume |url=http://aaronbeebe.net/resume/ |accessdate=January 20, 2020}}</ref> |
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American artist and curator
Aaron G. Beebe is an American artist and curator working in Brooklyn, New York. He was the Director of the Coney Island Museum,[1] is a co-founder of the Morbid Anatomy Museum[2] and is the creator of the Congress for Curious People[3][4]
Beebe was born in Lakewood, Ohio, and attended Ohio State University and New York University.[5]
During his tenure at the Coney Island Museum, Beebe produced several collaborative installations. In fact, Beebe has said that he views museums themselves as a type of installation work.[6] Notable work at the Coney Island Museum included:
- “Postcards from Paradise” – A humorous work about the history of mailed images and texts, featuring a working post office and postmaster. With performance artist Martha Wilson.
- “The Coney Island Amateur Psychoanalytic Society and it’s Circle” – An installation by Zoe Belloff.[7]
- “The Great Coney Island Spectacularium” – A reproduction of a 19th-century dime museum that used the original, 19th century, collection of the former Niagara Falls Museum to cross-examine the history of spectacle and dime museums. With Joanna Ebenstein.
- “The Cosmorama of the Great Dreamland Fire” – an immersive installation that recreated a 19th-century panoramic painting of the destruction of Coney Island’s largest amusement park in 1911.[citation needed]
In 2014, Beebe worked with Joanna Ebenstein, Tracy Hurley Martin, Tonya Martin, and Colin Dickey to co-found the Morbid Anatomy Museum.[8] The museum was the result of a confluence of interests and ideas that the five held, and Beebe’s experience in Coney Island provided the structural know-how to create a new institution. He then oversaw the design and construction of the museum (designed by Robert Kirkbride and Anthony Cohn) and helped produce the first exhibitions there.
- ^ Gill, John Freeman. “A Tweed Suit for the Bearded Lady”. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
- ^ Mansky, Jacqueline. “Morbid Anatomy Museum Closes Its Doors”. Smithsonian. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
- ^ “The Congress for Curious People, Barcelona”. The Congress for Curious People. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
- ^ “The Congress for Curious People, London”. The Congress for Curious People. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
- ^ “Aaron G. Beebe resume”. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
- ^ “The Coney Island Museum”. Aaron G. Beebe. July 25, 2011. Retrieved November 26, 2018.
- ^ Strausbaugh, John. “At the Coney Island Museum, the Strange Case of Sigmund F.” Retrieved November 26, 2018.
- ^ “Museum of ‘Morbid Anatomy’ to Open in Gowanus”. DNAinfo New York. Archived from the original on July 29, 2019. Retrieved November 26, 2018.
