I worked the press desk at SOFA Chicago 2009, the Sculptural Objects & Functional Art Fair. Artists from all around the globe journeyed to Navy Pier's Festival Hall to display their diverse creations. The most, ah, interesting?

Art inspired by disease: tumor shaped jewelry and photos glamorizing ailments like jeweled, golden lips based on herpes (pictured)






Lauren Kalman
Lip Adornment, 2008
Represented by Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA

Jewelry made to look like internal organs












Iris Eichenberg
Naked Necklace, 2009









Gold leafed snow blower, table saw (pictured) and chainsaw (framed and mounted on red velvet)












Jeff Forsythe

(mitrebox) We Don't Need Another Hero, 2008
Represented by Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL


 






Wheel chair with gun shaped armrests





OTHER HIGHLIGHTS

          -Clear glass purse with visible gun and bullet enclosed (great for traveling?)
          -Graffiti crack pipe sculpture
          -Porcelain men and women from the 18th Century in compromising positions

*Note: I work for a PR firm that represents this show.