A selection of photographs by Mark Power are currently being shown as part of the group exhibition, Dreamlands, at the Centre Pompidou from 5 May to 9 August 2010.

The exhibition considers, for the first time, the question of how World's Fairs, international exhibitions, theme parks and kindred institutions have influenced ideas about the city and the way it is used. Duplicating and reduplicating reality through the creation of replicas, embracing an aesthetic of accumulation and collage that is often close to kitsch, these self-enclosed parallel worlds have frequently afforded inspiration to the artistic, architectural and urbanistic practices of the twentieth century, and may even be said to have served as models for certain contemporary constructions.

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