James A. Michener Art Museum displays the "Pulp Function" Exhibit |
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| Written by rubin |
| Sunday, 29 March 2009 13:18 |
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Pulp Function is sponsored by Judith and Bud Newman, with additional support from Silverman Family Partnerships and The Doylestown Bookshop. “The three-dimensional objects in this exhibit range from jewelry and clothing, furniture and lighting to vessels and purely whimsical sculptural pieces—and everything imaginable in between!” exclaims Erika Jaeger-Smith, the Museum’s Associate Curator of Exhibitions. “For decades, artists have manipulated paper products as a means of creative expression. Contemporary artists continue to expand the possibilities of this humble yet endlessly malleable material even further. Yet others use found paper products to create art.”  According to Herman, a world-renowned scholar recognized as a “craft guru” by American Craft Magazine, “New materials such as paper clay and precious metal clay have entered the art vocabulary, fusing traditional materials with new technology. But it is also one of the world’s most familiar, and expendable materials—paper—that will continue to inspire artists and designers to imagine, and create new art.” Pulp Function celebrates the work of emerging and established artists from across America. Themes such as commodity, domesticity and decoration are explored in objects that blur the line between art, craft and design. Mia Hall’s Domestic Expectations—The Mother (2005) employs disposable diapers to replicate a Chanel-look suit that reveals a compartment for baby powder, a pacifier and baby wipes. Edwin Jager’s Book Implosion swirls the pages of a Webster’s Elementary School Dictionary into a conga drum-shaped sculpture, while Jacqueline Mallegni’s Wind through the Mountain (2005) appears poised for flight, with a parachute of handmade kozo paper hovering above a “mountain” of alabaster. An accompanying catalogue entitled Pulp Function is available for $14.00 in the Museum Shop ($12.60 for Museum members). Published by Fuller Craft Museum, this soft cover publication consists of 25 pages, 32 color images, an exhibition checklist and an essay by Lloyd Herman. Visit the James A. Michener Art Museum at : http://www.michenermuseum.org/ Click on logo below to add this article to your favorite Social Website ~ |
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