Rueffert Photo/Ian Raymond.
F e b / M a r op
Blog Beat
http://dcsign-crisis.com
V irginia F leck’s plastic bag
mandalas, such as
liberty man-
dalaG ,
are the rage in A u s-
tin—they are everyw here from
city hall to the W h ole Foods
headquarters— and reveal
beauty in insignificant waste.
“ There is a long tradition
o f art made from trash — Claes
Oldenburg, T im N oble and
Sue W ebster, even M arcel D u -
cham p,” says Erin W illiam -
son. “ But rarely is art made
from castoffs so seductive and
m editative.”
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W h at w ill five artists create
w ith w hat they discover at
the N ew Y ork Public L i-
brary? T h e institution joined
w ith Design Sponge to find
out. T h is film series follows
glassblower John Pomp, print-
maker R ebecca K utys, pat-
tern designer/illustrator Julia
Rothm an, typographer/illus-
trator M ike P erry and jew -
eler/ceram ist L orena Barra-
zueta as they dig through the
stacks.— s.s.
© T X / Houston
H ouston C enter for Contem -
p o rary C raft:
Environments
=
Form
+
Space
to M ar. 15
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Glass entities emerge with
authority when M atthew
Eskuche, Pablo Soto and A m y
R ueffert, creator
o f Quilt
Drop,
engage fresh w ays to
define their discipline.
W A / Bellevue
B ellevu e A r ts M useum :
Etsuko Ichikawa: Traces o f the
Molten State
to M ar. 8
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A fertile convergence o f glass
and video projection features
Ichikawa’s “ glass pyrogra-
phy,” ethereal drawings made
w ith fire and smoke emitted
by the hot liquid.
W I / Sheboygan
John M ichael K oh ler A rts
C enter:
Jon Rappleye: End o f Nature
to Mar. 29
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In Rappleye’s mysterious
w orld, strange botanical
hybrids cavort on eerie drawn
landscapes, while bizarre
creatures in cast vitreous china
perch nearby.
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c o l l e c t
the international art fair
for contemporary objects
15 -17 may 2009
saatchi gallery
duke of york's hq
chelsea london
presented by the crafts council
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www.craftscouncil.org.uk
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Crafts Council Registered Chairty Number
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