Museum of Craft and Design
2569 Third Street
San Francisco CA 94107
Beau McCall, darkmuskoilegyptiancrystals&floridawater/redpotionno.1, 2014. Photo Credit: Will Howcroft.
Beau McCallPhoto courtesy of Rohit Venkatraman.
A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
“...Buttons On! showcases wearable and visual art from Beau McCall’s nearly forty-year career. Through his art, McCall hand-sews the everyday fastener onto mostly upcycled fabrics, materials, and objects to comment on topics related to pop culture and social justice. Buttons On! showcases McCall’s button-embellished wearable art including jackets, sneakers, jewelry, and durags; visual art such as a 450-pound cast iron bathtub, a life-size Kool-Aid Man; archival materials documenting McCall’s career; and select items of McCall’s button-less works that spotlight his versatility..."
