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The Artists Working in Velvet, Amethyst, and Relics

Summary by Hyperallergic
PASADENA, Calif. — When Marshall McLuhan remarked that “the medium is the message,” he was not referring to tapestries made from crushed velvet or sculptures crafted from wood and amethyst crystals — although Material Prophecies: Craft as Divination at Armory Art Center might suggest otherwise. First uttered in 1958 during a radio broadcast, the phrase addressed the rise of then-new technologies like television and video, which, according to McL…
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Hyperallergic broke the news on Thursday, July 16, 2026.
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