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2000 Clowns at Illinois State University
by Jennifer Dalton


*Entertaining at Church Street Station* by Herb Weinberg

The gallery at the Illinois State University is currently home to 2000 Clowns, an exhibition which includes artwork featuring clowns made by contemporary artists such as Bruce Nauman, Donald Baechler and Thomas Woodruff.


*Charlie Rivel* by Boris Nemes

Artists have often used clowns to stand in for human folly or comic relief.


*Circus* by Irina Broydo

2000 Clowns includes a wide spectrum of the phenomenon: Michael Lindell has contributed a wall of multicolored shiny shapes which resemble clown noses, David MgGee creates a self-portrait of himself as a clown, and Linda Voychehovski exhibits a photograph of one of America's most famous clowns, Ronald McDonald.


*Colorful Brass* by Boris Nemes

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An exhibition of clowns.

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