“Plastic Entanglements” – Exhibition Opening

Feb 08 Fri
Feb 8 - July 28, 2019
@ Smith College Museum of Art

The IFF is a participating artist in the exhibition Plastic Entanglements: Ecology Aethetics Materials, a traveling exhibit about humanity’s relationship with plastic. From Feb 8 – July 28, the show will be on display at Smith College Museum of Art, after previous shows at the Palmer Museum of Art (University of Pennsylvania) and the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (University of Oregon). The IFF has several plastic hyperbolic crochet sculptural works in the show, along with two new totemic works by IFF co-director Christine Wertheim constructed from discarded electrical cables and found plastic debris.

Exhibition curators: Joyce Robison, Jennifer Wagner-Lawler and Heather Davis.

Location: Smith College Museum of Art
Dates: February 8 – July 28, 2019

Participating Artists:

Moresin Allahyari, Ifeoma U. Anyaeji, Han Bing, Dianna Cohen, Willie Colem Bonnie Collura, Gisela Colon, Emmanuel Bakery Daou, Mark Dion, Katrin Hornek, Kelly Jazvac, Chris Jordan, Brian Jungen, Pamela Longobardi, Steve McPherson, Zanele Muholi, Vik Muniz, Mathew Northridge, Ausora Robson, Evelyn Rydz, Tejal Shah, Jessica Stockolder, Rebecca Strzelec, Ann Tarantino, Christine Wertheim, Margaret Wertheim, Deb Todd Wheeler, Kelly Wood, Pinar Yolas, Marina Zurkow.

Smith College Museum of Art – exhibition webpage
Institute For Figuring – exhibition webpage