Under New Management
The Commodification of the Permanent Collection
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
On view: April 24 - May 23, 2022
Collaboration with Oliver Mak and Pat Falco
Under New Management: The Commodification of the Permanent Collection features works from Fuller Craft’s collection selected by guest curators and Boston-area artists Oliver Mak, Kenji Nakayama, and Pat Falco. Operating as a fictitious marketing company, MFN Integrated Solutions, the curatorial team aims to activate the collection while challenging the perception of museums through exhibition curation and design, including promotional posters created by artists/sign painters Nakayama & Falco as retail advertisements for each artwork. By reframing the works as commodities, the exhibition disrupts the oft-opaque nature of cultural institutions and offers new ways of looking at museum objects.
EXHIBITION LINK - PRESS RELEASE (PDF)
Collection of Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
Photo Credits: Object photos by Dean Powell, with the exception of the Hollie Lyko “Plate” photo by Will Howcroft. All poster photos by Kevin White.
