"The Delusion of Grandeur," sculpted by Phoebe Cummings, on view at the Museum of Arts and Design through August 12, 2012. (Photo: Ed Watkins)
Every single day our factories emit smoke, our dryers collect lint, and our skin cells fall onto the floor. We brush these particulates aside, deeming our detritus inconsequential. In MAD Museum‘s current show, Swept Away: Dust, Ashes, and Dirt in Contemporary Art and Design, the most ignored pieces of our surroundings become artistic media. What is unique about dust, ashes, and dirt is that they make it impossible to create art that can be kept forever. Artists tend to make works that are immutable. Against our instincts, Swept Away rejects this tendency towards permanence in art and instead embraces the ephemeral. [click to continue….]
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