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ManufRactured Exhibition

By Ray Hu - September 3, 2008

ManufRactured exhibition at Portland Museum of Contemporary Craft Seen here, three examples of Laura Splan's juxtapositions of the demure and the creepy: machine-knit doilies based on the forms of deadly viruses, fussy wallpaper printed in human blood, and a negligee assembled from liquid facial peel from the artist's skin.
Designed by: Laura Splan
http://www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org/manufractured/index.html Carl Alviani and Kirill Shelayev 1 of 40

ManufRactured exhibition at Portland Museum of Contemporary Craft Icelandic artist Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir's fantastical wearable sculptures are woven from both natural and artificial hair.
Designed by: Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir
http://www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org/manufractured/index.html Carl Alviani and Kirill Shelayev 3 of 40

ManufRactured exhibition at Portland Museum of Contemporary Craft Devorah Sperber's two installations use manufactured cast-offs -- spools in one case, marker caps in the other -- to pixelate familiar images. Not readily visible until viewed through a condensing mirror or lens, each pattern operates as both iconic image and abstract visual.
Designed by: Devorah Sperber
http://www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org/manufractured/index.html Carl Alviani and Kirill Shelayev 5 of 40

ManufRactured exhibition at Portland Museum of Contemporary Craft Boris Bally's "Man in Stereo": Serving platters from re-purposed traffic signs.
Designed by: Boris Bally
http://www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org/manufractured/index.html Carl Alviani and Kirill Shelayev 8 of 40

ManufRactured exhibition at Portland Museum of Contemporary Craft A trained metalsmith, Harriete Estel Berman supplied two works to the exhibition, constructed from donated antique food tins. Both pieces act simultaneously as sculpture and graphic, as they repurpose now-quaint advertising text in homage to the history of consumption.
Designed by: Harriete Estel Berman
http://www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org/manufractured/index.html Carl Alviani and Kirill Shelayev 9 of 40

ManufRactured exhibition at Portland Museum of Contemporary Craft Jerry Bleem's two pieces on display gain their texture from the layering of thousands of staples, obscuring the structural material beneath.
Designed by: Jerry Bleem
http://www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org/manufractured/index.html Carl Alviani and Kirill Shelayev 13 of 40

ManufRactured exhibition at Portland Museum of Contemporary Craft Selections from Mitra Fabian's "Proliferation" Series: luminous vessels built up from the careful layering of Scotch tape
Designed by: Mitra Fabian
http://www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org/manufractured/index.html Carl Alviani and Kirill Shelayev 14 of 40

ManufRactured exhibition at Portland Museum of Contemporary Craft Marcel Wanders' Knotted Chair and Crochet Cube, two examples of forming structure from flexible materials.
Designed by: Marcel Wanders
http://www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org/manufractured/index.html Carl Alviani and Kirill Shelayev 16 of 40

ManufRactured exhibition at Portland Museum of Contemporary Craft Two of Dominic Wilcox's three War Bowls on display: Battle of Waterloo, Zulu War and English Civil War.
Designed by: Dominic Wilcox
http://www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org/manufractured/index.html Carl Alviani and Kirill Shelayev 18 of 40

ManufRactured exhibition at Portland Museum of Contemporary Craft "Stacked," "7-Layer Tangle," and "Untitled" by Sonya Clark: combs as structure and textile.
Designed by: Sonya Clark
http://www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org/manufractured/index.html Carl Alviani and Kirill Shelayev 24 of 40

ManufRactured exhibition at Portland Museum of Contemporary Craft Details from Jason Rogenes' curiously gorgeous EPS foam insert sculptures.
Designed by: Jason Rogenes
http://www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org/manufractured/index.html Carl Alviani and Kirill Shelayev 27 of 40

ManufRactured exhibition at Portland Museum of Contemporary Craft Multiple examples of Cat Chow's elevation of the ephemera of the clothing industry -- zippers in this case -- to the sole elements of clothing and decoration.
Designed by: Cat Chow
http://www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org/manufractured/index.html Carl Alviani and Kirill Shelayev 30 of 40

ManufRactured exhibition at Portland Museum of Contemporary Craft "Mines" and "Grand magasin" by Régis Mayot: two different results of the careful application of X-Acto knife to industrially-produced plastic bottles.
Designed by: Régis Mayot
http://www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org/manufractured/index.html Carl Alviani and Kirill Shelayev 33 of 40

ManufRactured exhibition at Portland Museum of Contemporary Craft "Ficciones de un uso" by Livia Marin, an arc of over 2000 lipsticks, each unique in color and sculpted form.
Designed by: Livia Marin
http://www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org/manufractured/index.html Carl Alviani and Kirill Shelayev 37 of 40

"ManufRactured" is the first exhibition of its kind: a collection of art and design objects created from re-purposed manufactured goods, from zippers and spools of thread to detergent bottles and polystyrene packaging. On display at the Portland Museum of Contemporary Craft in Oregon until January 9, 2009. Photographed by Kirill Shelayev (hikirill[at]gmail[dot]com).