Basketballs, footballs, tennis rackets, hockey sticks, jerseys, punching bags and other sports gear and paraphernalia become art in 鈥淪port and Spectator,鈥 on view March 1-July 27 at the McNay Art Museum.
Eli & Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University
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..Odom subverts gendered associations by using these techniques to handcraft objects such as catcher鈥檚 mitts, soccer cleats, sandals, and batting helmets, among other items.鈥 ...
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..Drawing from the tradition of extreme craft - or the mixing of craft techniques like leather tooling, airbrushing, and stitching with art formats of sculpture, painting or drawing - Odom produces objects...
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..Chicago-based artist Betsy Odom employs the term 鈥渂utchcraft鈥 to describe the appropriation of labor intensive processes like leather tooling, woodcarving, and airbrushing...
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