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James Casebere in Castles in the Sky: Fantasy Architecture in Contemporary Art

Castles in the Sky explores imaginary architecture through the lenses of over twenty-five contemporary artists working in a wide range of media that go from painting, to drawing, to sculpture, to video.

The buildings in our mind’s eye are limitless.

Within our dreams, we unlock doors to unknown passages and climb unending stairs into the darkness of rooms, strange and never seen before. Not tied to the reality of bricks and mortar or ground and gravity, we imagine any structure ―the American “dream home” on a coveted suburban cul-de-sac beyond our reach, or the wild acid-trip floating balloon palace of a magical unicorn.