Ghost of a Dream. Yesterday is Here, 2019. Installation view: MassArt Art Museum (MAAM). Past exhibition catalogs and announcements from MassArt's Bakalar & Paine Galleries on panel with U.V. coating. Courtesy of the artists. Photo: Daniel Berube.

Ghost of a Dream. Yesterday is Here, 2019. Installation view: MassArt Art Museum (MAAM). Past exhibition catalogs and announcements from MassArt's Bakalar & Paine Galleries on panel with U.V. coating. Courtesy of the artists. Photo: Daniel Berube.

Ghost of a Dream. Yesterday is Here, 2019. Installation view: MassArt Art Museum (MAAM). Past exhibition catalogs and announcements from MassArt's Bakalar & Paine Galleries on panel with U.V. coating. Courtesy of the artists. Photo: Daniel Berube.

Ghost of a Dream

Yesterday is Here Past

February 22, 2020–July 30, 2023

Ghost of a Dream. Yesterday is Here, 2019. Installation view: MassArt Art Museum (MAAM). Past exhibition catalogs and announcements from MassArt's Bakalar & Paine Galleries on panel with U.V. coating. Courtesy of the artists. Photo: Daniel Berube.

Ghost of a Dream. Yesterday is Here, 2019. Installation view: MassArt Art Museum (MAAM). Past exhibition catalogs and announcements from MassArt's Bakalar & Paine Galleries on panel with U.V. coating. Courtesy of the artists. Photo: Daniel Berube.

Ghost of a Dream. Yesterday is Here, 2019. Installation view: MassArt Art Museum (MAAM). Past exhibition catalogs and announcements from MassArt's Bakalar & Paine Galleries on panel with U.V. coating. Courtesy of the artists. Photo: Daniel Berube.

For the grand opening of the MassArt Art Museum (MAAM) in February 2020, artist collective Ghost of a Dream transformed the new lobby with a site-specific installation titled Yesterday is Here. Ghost of a Dream's artwork centers on people’s hopes and dreams and is made from the ephemera they create in pursuit of those aspirations. In Yesterday is Here, the collective uses the past to create a new future for the Museum; the duo has cut up, combined, and spliced together images from over 30 years of exhibition catalogs and announcements from the MassArt Bakalar & Paine Galleries to create a kaleidoscopic look through the history of the Galleries and create an experience that speaks to MAAM’s future.


Explore 3D Tour

Artist
Ghost of a Dream
Location
Gudrun Arsaelsdottir Edelstein and Lynn Puritz Warner Lobby
Free and open to the public. Always.
Resources
Ghost of a Dream Exhibition Text
Ghost of a Dream Coloring Pages
Ghost of a Dream Virtual Background
Memory Box Activity
Cut & Collage Activity
Weaving with Paper Activity
Credits

Curated by Lisa Tung

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#YesterdayisHere
While the museum is temporarily closed, the #MAAMBoston team invites you to participate in our virtual Drawing Together! Share your creations with us and each other by tagging @maamboston or #MAAMDrawingTogether. . Have you been doing some spring cleaning lately? Dig into your pile of magazines, newspapers, and other ephemera. Start by ripping and cutting up your materials. Glue, staple, or sew down your collage of colors, words, patterns, or shapes. . Need inspiration? Take a cue from artist duo Ghost of a Dream (@GhostofaDreamArt) and their installation #YesterdayisHere. . We will post our Drawing Together themes every Thursday. . . . . . Artwork: Ghost of a Dream. Detail of Yesterday is Here, 2019. Past exhibition catalogs and announcements from MassArt’s Bakalar & Paine Galleries on panel with U.V. coating. Courtesy of the artists. . . #MuseumFromHome #ArtForAll #DrawingTogether #DrawingFromHome #Drawing #MassArt #Boston #BosArts @MassArtBoston #GhostofaDream @GhostofaDream #Collage
When you arrive at #MAAMBoston you'll be welcomed into our newly transformed lobby featuring the site-specific installation #YesterdayisHere. @GhostofaDream has collaged over 30 years of exhibition catalogs and announcements from MassArt's #BakalarandPaine Galleries to create a kaleidoscopic look through our museum's history and an experience that speaks to our future. . . . . . Artwork: Ghost of a Dream. "Yesterday is Here," (detail), 2019. Past exhibition catalogs and announcements from MassArt's Bakalar & Paine Galleries on panel with U.V. coating. Courtesy of the artists. . Photo: Daniel Berube '21 BFA Communication Design / @daniel.berube . . #GhostofaDream @GhostofaDreamArt #MassArtBoston @MassArtBoston #ContemporaryArt #Museum #Boston #BosArts #GrandOpening #InstallationArt #Collage #PaperArt #BehindtheScenes
We are enjoying the variety of colors, textures, and patterns found in the details of @GhostofaDream's immersive installation #YesterdayisHere! . . Experience it for yourself at #MAAMBoston on February 22, 2020. . . . . . Artwork: Ghost of a Dream. "Yesterday is Here" (detail), 2019. Past exhibition catalogs and announcements from MassArt's Bakalar & Paine Galleries on panel with U.V. coating. Courtesy of the artists. . . #GhostofaDream @GhostofaDreamArt #MassArtBoston @MassArtBoston #ContemporaryArt #Museum #Boston #BosArts #InstallationArt #Collage #PaperArt #BehindtheScenes #BakalarandPaine
Last weekend @GhostofaDream was at #MAAMBoston working on their lobby installation #YesterdayisHere! Here you can see them applying a protective coating to the collage panels before installing them in the lobby. . . . . . Artwork: Ghost of a Dream. Details of "Yesterday is Here," 2019. Past exhibition catalogs and announcements from MassArt's Bakalar and Paine Galleries on panel with U.V. coating. Courtesy of the artists. Photo: Daniel Berube '21 BFA Communication Design / @daniel.berube . . #GhostofaDream @GhostofaDreamArt #MassArtBoston @MassArtBoston #ContemporaryArt #Museum #Boston #BosArts #InstallationArt #PaperArt #BehindtheScenes
We're having a great time exploring the details of @GhostofaDream's installation #YesterdayisHere! In this image, you can see the array of artistic mediums represented in #MAAMBoston's dynamic exhibition history. Discover your favorite details of #YesterdayisHere when #MAAMBoston opens to the public on February 22, 2020! . . . . . Artwork: Ghost of a Dream. "Yesterday is Here" (detail), 2019. Past exhibition catalogs and announcements from MassArt's Bakalar & Paine Galleries on panel with U.V. coating. Courtesy of the artists. . . #GhostofaDream @GhostofaDreamArt #MassArtBoston @MassArtBoston #ContemporaryArt #Museum #Boston #BosArts #InstallationArt #Collage #PaperArt #BehindtheScenes

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