VISIT THE EXHIBITION
Call + Response is on view at the
Museum of Contemporary Craft
June 18–October 31, 2009. Click here for hours, directions and visitor information.
Presenting Sponsors:
John and Suzanne Bishop
EXHIBITION CATALOG
A print-on-demand exhibition catalog featuring full length essays by the eight art historians in Call + Response, documentation of work by the eight artists, installation photographs, plus an extended essay by Curator Namita Gupta Wiggers, will be available Fall 2009. Please check back for ordering information, or join the Museum of Contemporary Craft e-mail list.
EXHIBITION PARTICIPANTS
Karl Burkheimer, associate professor and head of wood department, Oregon College of Art and Craft
Matt Johnston, assistant professor of art history, Lewis & Clark College
David Eckard, instructor of intermedia and sculpture, Pacific Northwest College of Art
Anne Marie Oliver, assistant professor of intermedia and contemporary art theory,
Pacific Northwest College of Art
Josh Faught, assistant professor and program director of fibers, University of Oregon
Kate Mondloch, assistant professor of contemporary art history and theory, University of Oregon
Anya Kivarkis, assistant professor and area head of jewelry and metalsmithing, University of Oregon
Abby McGehee, associate professor of art history, Oregon College of Art and Craft
Jiseon Lee Isbara, associate professor and head of fibers department, Oregon College of Art and Craft
Kirsi Peltomäki, assistant professor of art history, Oregon State University
Sam Morgan, instructor of ceramics, Portland Community College
Dawn Odell, assistant professor of art history and assistant chair, Lewis & Clark College
Heidi Schwegler, associate professor of metals, Oregon College of Art and Craft
Sue Taylor, professor of art history, Portland State University
Studio Gorm (John Arndt & Wonhee Jeong), associate professor of product design, University of Oregon
Rob Slifkin, assistant professor of art history and humanities, Reed College
WORKS IN THE EXHIBITION
Karl Burkheimer, Five Fourths, 2008
Wood, birch plywood, rice paper; 83 x 62 x 62 inches
Courtesy of the artist
Karl Burkheimer, Proximate, 2009;
Wood, birch plywood, rice paper; 120 x 70 x 70 inches;
Courtesy of the artist
Karl Burkheimer, A & B, 2003
Carved wood; 3 x 3 x 3 inches
Courtesy of the artist
Karl Burkheimer, 1-per, 2009
Carved wood; 3 x 3 x 3 inches
Courtesy of the artist
David Eckard, Prestidigitation: A Folly in Eleven Acts, 2009
Digital video; 13:08 minutes
Courtesy of the artist
David Eckard, Avra Kadavra (vintage), 2009
Bottles, labels, cork, digital image;
12.5 x 2.75 x 2.75 inches each;
Courtesy of the artist
David Eckard, Banner, 2009
Digital image on vinyl; 59 x 94.5 inches
Courtesy of the artist
Josh Faught, four signs to suicide prevention, 2009
Machine knit fabric, garden trellis, paint,
disaster blanket; 4 x 9 feet
Courtesy of Lisa Cooley Fine Art and the artist
Josh Faught, no fats or femmes, please, 2009
Patchwork quilt, machine knit fabric, garden trellis,
paint; 8 x 5 feet
Courtesy of Lisa Cooley Fine Art and the artist
Jiseon Lee Isbara, Scattered, 2008-09
Cotton fabric, cotton and silk thread; hand and machine
stitched, inkjet printed
2.5 x 3.5 inches to 8.5 x 11 inches each;
Courtesy of the artist
Jiseon Lee Isbara, Feasible, 2008-09
Silk fabric, cotton and silk thread; hand and machine pieced
and stitched, inkjet printed
70.5 x 41 inches;
Courtesy of the artist
Jiseon Lee Isbara, Untitled, 2007;
Silk and linen fabric, cotton and silk thread; hand and machine
stitched, inkjet printed
9 x 80 x 4 inches; Courtesy of the artist
Matt Johnston, “Karl Burkheimer and the Language of Utility,” 2009
Anya Kivarkis, Julie Andrews, Academy Awards 2008, 2009
Silver, paint; Courtesy of the artist
Anya Kivarkis, Renee Zelleweger, Red Carpet 2008, 2009
Silver; Courtesy of the artist
Anya Kivarkis, Winona Ryder, Lost Jewels 2008, 2009
Silver; Courtesy of the artist
Anya Kivarkis,Winona Ryder, Lost Jewels 2008, 2009
Silver; Courtesy of the artist
Abby McGehee, “Strategies for Loss: Thinking and (Re)Making the Past,” 2009
Kate Mondloch, “The Way Things Work: Josh Faught in Conversation with Kate Mondloch,” 2009
Sam Morgan, X Teapot in Turquoise, 2002
Porcelain and glaze; 7 x 9.5 x 7 inches
Courtesy of
Michael Fujita
Sam Morgan, X Teapot in Orange, 2002
Porcelain, slip and wood fired; 7 x 9.5 x 7 inches;
Courtesy of the artist
Sam Morgan, Untitled teapot, 2000
Porcelain and glaze; 6.5 x 12 x 6.5 inches
Courtesy of the artist
Sam Morgan, Floral Butterfly, 2009
Porcelain and glaze; 6.5 x 10 x 7.5 inches
Courtesy of the artist
Sam Morgan, Untitled teapot, 2008
Porcelain and glaze; 9.5 x 10 x 5 inches
Courtesy of the artist
Sam Morgan, Floral Butterfly Teapot, 2009
Porcelain and glaze; 6.5 x 10 x 7.5 inches
Courtesy of the artist
Dawn Odell, “Individual Engagements and Epidermal Surfaces in Sam Morgan’s Art,” 2009
Anne Marie Oliver, “RED RABBIT: David Eckard’s Prestidigitation,” 2009
Kirsi Peltomäki, “Jiseon Lee Isbara: Piecing Fabric and Life with Thread and Order,” 2009
Heidi Schwegler; More Than Simply Made:
Melamine Tea Set
Pierced with Ming Dynasty Pattern, 2009
Melamine; 26 x 27 x 4 inches;
Courtesy of the artist
Heidi Schwegler, Means Without End, 2009
Paint; 30 x 30 inches;
Courtesy of the artist
Rob Slifkin, “Studio Gorm’s Anxious Utopianism,” 2009
Studio Gorm, flow and the kitchen of terrestrial mechanics, 2005-06
Mixed media; 96 x 44 x 82 inches;
Courtesy of Studio Gorm
Studio Gorm, shed/shelf, 2007
Painted and veneered MDF; 96 x 48 x 60 inches when open
Courtesy of Studio Gorm
Sue Taylor, “Heidi Schwegler: Poking Holes,” 2009
