There’s a great installation up at the Launchpad Gallery in SE:
Well Finished
A Mixed-Media Installation by
Micki Skudlarczyk
on view May 1st – 31st, 2009
Launch Pad Gallery
534 SE OAK ST
Portland, OR 97214
From the Launchpad owner, Ben Pink:
Micki Skudlarczyk’s initial proposal was to exhibit a large ceramic work to be completed during her residency in Mexico last fall; her residency directed her work in a new direction, towards actually using the flesh and skin her ceramic pieces have long mimicked. Though she was unable to transport the finished works (viewable here) back from Mexico due to Customs regulations, she felt compelled to continue her exploration of natural materials with her installation at Launch Pad.
Consequently, there is no ceramic in the gallery this month, and nothing to buy or sell; instead, it is our pleasure to offer you a thought-provoking and ephemeral installation that explores life, death and the complicated issues that surround our relationship with the animals that we eat.
The Well Finished installation utilizes steel, wood, concrete and the caul fat (or mesentery) of over 70 different pigs. The material has been salted and preserved and has a translucent, lacy appearance; it’s very beautiful and very fragile.
More info can be found here.