White Room Rebellions

by Micromanager

Two exhibits from Society of Smallness’s Arts District — Rehab and Never Say Dye…Say Buy! — traveled to Milwaukee to be part of White Room Rebellions, an exhibition at Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts.

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Thanks to our hosts, Jazz Gallery, located on the very pleasant Center Street in Milwaukee.

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A post office box serves as an exquisite mini gallery. Mark Lawson curates.

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Inside the P.O. Box. (We have our eye on that enchanting eyeball art piece.)

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P.O. Box from above

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The John Riepenhoff Experience involves climbing a rickety ladder.

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The view inside the John Riepenhoff Experience gallery space. The exhibit is Johnny B. Bad, works by Lauren Taylor.

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More works by Lauren Taylor inside the John Riepenhoff Experience gallery space.

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A crowd gathers at the Mansion.

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Wild lighting effects illuminate the Mansion where Annie Morse has curated work by Juan Chavez, Paola Cabal, Patrick McGee, Kathleen McCarthy, Tom Torluemke, and Amy Yoes.

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Artifice graces the Mansion exterior as does an outdoor sound system.

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Close up view of installations by Paola Cabal (upstairs) and Juan Chavez (downstairs).

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The clerical stylings of the SOS’s typing and stamping corps.

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The Olivetti.

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The SOS presented Elizabeth Vogt with her very own town crier credentials.

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SOS Typing and stamping corps.

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Celebrity obsession addressed in Cellphone an artwork by Matt Plain, Ashley Coffee and Zachary Swearington

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The view inside the Jazz gallery.

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The downstairs gallery of Michael Kautzer’s exhibit, Neu Museum of Contemporary Art. (You can see a teeny tiny Mansion through the back door.)

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The upstairs gallery of Michael Kautzer’s Neu Museum of Contemporary Art contains carnival glass.

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Nicole Sisler’s Never Say Dye…Say Buy!

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Art you should touch—Nicole Sisler’s Never Say Dye…Say Buy!

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Little ones and big ones alike Say Buy!

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The crowds prepare to part with some money at the Dye Cabinet.

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Another Michael Kautzer artwork.

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Michael Kautzer’s lunchbox gallery piece.

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Inside Michael Kautzer’s lunchbox gallery piece.

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Up close and personal with Milwaukee’s beloved Bronze Fonz.