"The House of Fancy" is an exhibition of oil paintings by Mark Dancey that uses the 1880s building that houses Detroit Contemporary Gallery as a theatrical stage set. Dancey will create site-specific life size trompe l'oeil paintings that, when seen in period lighting, will show us ghostly ladies from the house's sporting past. There is a tango opera onstage, a tarot parlor in the back room, and mysteries revealed upstairs. As viewers we are used to staring at pictures, but these paintings stare back at us in a way that is challenging and provocative.

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The reception will take place on Saturday, October 12th from 6pm-10pm