The IFF is a participating artist in the exhibition Plastic Entanglements: Ecology, Aesthetics, Materials, traveling during 2018/2019 to the Palmer Museum of Art, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Smith College Museum of Art, and the Chazen Museum of Art.
At right on pedestals: IFF vitrined works crocheted from discarded plastic bags. At back right (against wall) “Chuthulcene 1 and Chuthulcene 2” anemone sculptures by IFF co-director Christine Wertheim, made from discarded computer & electrical cables & found plastic debris. Installed at the “Plastic Entanglements” exhibition, Palmer Museum of Art, University of Pennsylvania, 2018. Photograph courtesy PMA.
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Exhibition Venues and Dates:
-Palmer Museum of Art, University of Pennsylvania: February 13–June 17th, 2018
-Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon: September 22–December 30, 2018
-Smith College Museum of Art: February 8–July 28, 2019
-Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison: September 13, 2019–January 5, 2020.
Plastic Entanglements is curated by Joyce Robinson, Jennifer Wagner-Lawlor, and Heather Davis.
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Palmer Museum of Art – exhibition webpage
Institute For Figuring – exhibition webpage
“Plastic Fantastic One” by Margaret Wertheim and the Institute For Figuring, with black JellyYarn sea-creature by Arlene Mintzer. Plastic bag yarn, plastic medical waste, wire, and concrete; 15″ x 15″ x 23″. Photo by Francine McDougall. Catalog cover courtesy Palmer Museum of Art, 2018.
“Chthulucene 2″ by IFF co-director Christine Wertheim. Discarded computer & electrical cables, found plastic debris, JellyYarn, wire, aluminum can. 12″ x 12″ x 45”. Photo by Francine McDougall. 2018.
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.