Curated by Ken Dubin

ICON    IOWA CONTEMPORARY ART
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whimsy

playful

the trait of acting unpredictably 

an unusual, odd, unexpected, or fanciful idea

a strange but playful and funny quality

play 

amuse oneself by engaging in imaginative pretense

the space in or through which a system can or does move

a particular action, or the quality of the action

a deliberate coordinated movement 

the action or manner of engaging in

quirk

a strange attitude or habit

something strange that happens for reasons that you do not know or understand

peculiarity, oddity, eccentricity

a peculiarity of behavior; an idiosyncrasy

tongue-in-cheek 

cleverly amusing in tone

with ironic or flippant intent

characterized by irony or whimsical exaggeration

The work included in Whimsy: Play, Quirk and a Tongue-in-Cheek Aesthetic, shares a like-minded sensibility in that the work seems to exist first and foremost to explore or reference the nature of play or playfulness, of quirk and a quirkiness; that refers either directly to the work itself or makes reference to events and ideas outside the work.