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Vanessa Platacis: Taking Place 1
Fine Arts Exhibition
Rising artist

Vanessa Platacis: Taking Place

February 26 at 10am - August 26

At Peabody Essex Museum

Salem

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✂️210 hand-cut stencils made the final piece
🎨Spray paint over hand-drawn canvas
🏛️Artist researched PEM's actual holdings

Artist Vanessa Platacis turned PEM's own collection into 210 hand-cut canvas stencils, then spray-painted them across these walls. The result reimagines centuries of objects in bold, unexpected ways.

Contemporary installation
Site-specific art
Museum collection remix
Hand-crafted stencils

Peabody Essex Museum

161 Essex St, Salem, MA 01970, USA

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  • Contemporary installation
  • Site-specific art
  • Museum collection remix
  • Hand-crafted stencils
  • Peabody Essex Museum
  • Salem

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