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Mike Kelley, ArtistCraft Morphology Flow Chart , 1991

Medium

Mixed-media installation: dolls and figures, gelatin silver prints, acrylic on paper, folding banquet tables, folding card tables

Dimensions

Dimensions variable

Credit Line

Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Gift of Lannan Foundation, 1997.41. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Mike Kelley arranged these found, handmade figures in much the way that specimens would be ordered in a laboratory or displayed in a natural history museum, highlighting the museum's role of collecting, preserving, and displaying. By using a prescribed framework to organize cast-off personal artifacts, Kelley reveals the cataloging of objects as a portrait of vested interests and cultural mores. Black-and-white photographs of some of the figures hang on adjacent walls, reminiscent of both mug shots and typological photographic projects like those of the German photographers August Sander and Bernd and Hilla Becher. Even when Kelley used a clear system for grouping types of toys (as with the table of sock monkeys), each object is markedly different from the next, revealing the limits of the makers' skill and their aesthetic and cultural biases. What may previously have seemed like a simple toy becomes a marker of social context and exchange. 

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The last of the 12 colors of the #PrideCollection by @iamfullyspun Reposted from @iamfullyspun (3/3) The Pride Collection is finally here! It has been on my to-dye list for over a year and I am glad I finally had the chance to create it. As a member of the lgbtq+ community, it is an honor to have been able to create these colorways. It took over two weeks and most of them I had to try two or three times to get just right. All that effort is worth it to create something that makes people feel represented! Swipe to reveal!⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #iamfullyspun #welovecolor #handdyed #millspun #artistcrafted #igknitters #igcrochet #handdyedyarn #indiedyedyarn #indiedyer #marledyarn #gradientyarn #solidyarn #indiedyedyarn #bipocinfiber #blackindiedyer #pocdyer #queerknitters #queercrochet #queerantine #yarnaddict #yarnlove #yarnie #pride #genderfluid #genderqueer #pansexual #memadegay https://www.instagram.com/p/CAbP1UwJaOI/?igshid=c8ixa0t7lb1u

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Here's the second one! #Pride from @iamfullyspun Reposted from @iamfullyspun (2/3) The Pride Collection is finally here! It has been on my to-dye list for over a year and I am glad I finally had the chance to create it. As a member of the lgbtq+ community, it is an honor to have been able to create these colorways. It took over two weeks and most of them I had to try two or three times to get just right. All that effort is worth it to create something that makes people feel represented! Swipe to reveal!⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #iamfullyspun #welovecolor #handdyed #millspun #artistcrafted #igknitters #igcrochet #handdyedyarn #indiedyedyarn #indiedyer #marledyarn #gradientyarn #solidyarn #indiedyedyarn #bipocinfiber #blackindiedyer #pocdyer #queerknitters #queercrochet #queerantine #yarnaddict #yarnlove #yarnie #pride #aromantic #lesbian #nonbinary #transgender #memadegay https://www.instagram.com/p/CAbPRe1JSwe/?igshid=1bfrmd3ugtdij

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Stay tuned more colors to come!!! Reposted from @iamfullyspun (1/3) The Pride Collection is finally here! It has been on my to-dye list for over a year and I am glad I finally had the chance to create it. As a member of the lgbtq+ community, it is an honor to have been able to create these colorways. It took over two weeks and most of them I had to try two or three times to get just right. All that effort is worth it to create something that makes people feel represented! Swipe to reveal!⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #iamfullyspun #welovecolor #handdyed #millspun #artistcrafted #igknitters #igcrochet #handdyedyarn #indiedyedyarn #indiedyer #marledyarn #gradientyarn #solidyarn #indiedyedyarn #bipocinfiber #blackindiedyer #pocdyer #queerknitters #queercrochet #queerantine #yarnaddict #yarnlove #yarnie #pride #intersex #agender #bisexual #asexual #memadegay https://www.instagram.com/p/CAbOy06pq1w/?igshid=vpfo448oisgz

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Reposted from @iamfullyspun With our craft we get to create our own little pieces of joy. Grab yours today in the shop! #iamfullyspun #welovecolor #handdyed #millspun #artistcrafted #igknitters #igcrochet #handdyedyarn #indiedyedyarn #indiedyer #marledyarn #gradientyarn #solidyarn #indiedyedyarn #bipocinfiber - #regrann https://www.instagram.com/p/B-NlVLsJ3BQ/?igshid=15v27pq4ipa3g

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Reposted from @iamfullyspun I'm looking forward to getting back to happier times, but in the interim we will get through this together. Our craft helps us get through a normal day, and is a healthy tool to cope with social distancing and the loss and uncertainty we are experiencing. If you could use a bit of happy in your mail each month, consider joining our REMIX club. There are 11 spots open right now and in each shipment you receive an exclusive colorway of our Sock Fingering and a Mini to match! As a small business owner your support means the world. I appreciate every opportunity to provide you with colorful yarn to create with. Pictured: Ripple Bralette by @jessssiemae in The Blue Hole REMIX 📷: @craftedloaf #iamfullyspun #welovecolor #handdyed #millspun #artistcrafted #fatandhappy #bipocinfiber #blackgirlsknit #blackknittersofinstagram #indiedyer #create #crochetersofinstagram #weaversofig - #regrann https://www.instagram.com/p/B93EuU5Jbhj/?igshid=6ggw14ifki3s

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#Repost @iamfullyspun @ig_repost_elf #repost_elf Just need a pop of color? We have tons of smaller skeins now listed at 10g, 25g, and 75g so you can purchase just the right amount you need for your project! Perfect for colorwork of any kind. We are still trying to get to 1000 email subscribers! Changes like the latest ones on @etsy are exactly why I'm making this push! Share with your friends and once I get to 1000 I will have a 20% off sale for subscribers only! Link in bio. #iamfullyspun #welovecolor #handdyed #millspun #artistcrafted #bipocinfiber #lgbtq #yarnaddict #igknitters #crochetersofig #weaversofig #colorwork #sweaterknitting https://www.instagram.com/p/BzvvYhGJLbI/?igshid=8lfz0xqxfe9c

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#Repost from @iamfullyspun with @regram.app ... The latest shop update is live and ready to go! Check out these colorways in Aran weight for the first time, and some fun Frankenskeins! #iamfullyspun #welovecolor #handdyed #millspun #artistcrafted #sellonetsy #shopupdate #yarnaddict #yarnlove #handdyedyarn #indiedyer #bipocinfiber https://www.instagram.com/p/BzYA54sJRKx/?igshid=1n6lum8eog0dl

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Reposted from @iamfullyspun **A Serious Note before we get to the yarn. I am incredibly disturbed by the events of this week, the fact that the White House resident is inciting violence against BIPOC without consequence and 3/4 officers who murdered George Floyd have not been arrested and charged. I am trying to find a way to balance my responsibility to speak up and make change with my need to survive. Therefore, I implore you, before you make any yarn purchases, donate to one of the following organizations. Donate even if that means you can no longer purchase today. They are: @mnfreedomfund @blackvisionscollective @reclaimtheblock @unicorn.riot . Your money is helping bail out those arrested, support the protestors with supplies, and provide accurate press coverage of this and other events that affect our freedom. ** I've put together 20 yarn combos for the #hugshotshawl by @casapinka . These include all of the Pride Collection colorways and a few of the other most popular colorways! Until June 7th your purchase of a kit comes with a free code for the pattern. Codes are only redeemable from June 5th-7th. You can also create your own kit and leave me a note in the cart that you would like the pattern. #iamfullyspun #welovecolor #handdyed #millspun #artistcrafted #bipocinfiber #buyblack #pocdyer #indiedyer #indiedyedyarn #igcrochet #knittingaddict #weaversofig #pride #lgbtqknits #queerantine #memadegay #blackindiedyers #blackgirlsknit - #regrann https://www.instagram.com/p/CA1OMjhJSk4/?igshid=1isy2hs95fzdr