Laughingstock: Humor in Art & Craft

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Laughingstock: Humor in Art & Craft

Time: December 5, 2008 at 11am to December 15, 2008 at 11am
Location: LUKE & ELOY GALLERY
Street: 5169 Butler St.
City/Town: Pittsburgh, PA 15201
Website or Map: http://www.lukeandeloy.ning.c…
Phone: 412.784.1919
Event Type: Exhibition
Organized By: LUKE & ELOY GALLERY
Latest Activity: Dec 4, 2008

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Opening:
"Laughingstock: Humor in Art & Craft"
Exhibition: November 15, 2008 - December 23, 2008

We explore how artists use irony, goofiness, satire, and sarcasm in their work. Can humor and satire stimulate laughter as well as serve as a vehicle to explore serious subjects, such as feminism, the natural environment, the excesses of consumer culture, social injustice, and war ? Can artwork be "funny" and critical at the same time? How does the artist's choice of materials affect the outcome so that the work is perceived as "funny"? What are the boundaries in humor and who gets to decide what these are? Are there topics we are not allowed to laugh about ?

Various Media.

Participating artists:
Cheryl Eve Acosta
Stevie B.
Karen Bondarchuk
Sally Bozzuto
Chun Chun
Michele Cleveland
Gabriel Craig
Wendy Emery
Karen Gallup
Mindy Herrin
Rumi Ishino
Katrina Kosturko
Dan Krueger
Julia Lowther
Heather McCalla
James Obermeier
Deanna Ooley
Tod Pardon
Kerianne Quick
2Roses
Demitra Thomloudis
Amy Weiks
R. Weis
Colette Zilka

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