Manual / Issue 13 / Storage

Manual, a journal about art and its making. Storage. Manual 13 opens with an introduction by Fred Wilson, who confides, “You can look at all the opulence on display in a museum and begin to understand that something nefarious might be behind it. Storage, for me, is where the action is.” Museums usually make choices for viewers, their curators presenting what they think most important within a category. They can be so good at doing this that visitors sometimes don’t realize there’s anything else to see: they don’t realize the nature of the decisions behind an exhibition, and they accept that the elites have made a judgment about which shoe is the shoe to see. Visitors can learn about what’s great, but they don’t necessarily consider the process of discernment. –– Fred Wilson The RISD Museum’s thirteenth issue of Manual unpacks the idea and reality of storage—objects museums don’t put on view, works made as containers of various sorts, and more metaphorical considerations about how meanings and narratives are stored. This issue serves as a companion to the Raid the Icebox Now series of exhibitions on view at the RISD Museum through November 2020, in which nine contemporary artists and design collectives use the museum and its collections as a site for critical creative production and presentation. Raid the Icebox Now marks the 50th anniversary of Raid the Icebox 1 with Andy Warhol, held in 1970 at the RISD Museum. Softcover, 120 pages. Published Fall/Winter 2019 by the RISD Museum. Manual 13 (Storage) contributors include: Christina Alderman, Issac M. Alderman, A.H. Jerriod Avant, Hannah Carlson, Wai Yee Chiong, John Dunnigan, Maria Morris Hambourg, David Hartt, Elaine Tyler May, Claire McCardell, Denise Murrell, Ingrid Schaffner, Holly Shaffer, Tanya Sheehan, John W. Smith, Mimi Smith, Sassan Tabatabai, Allen Wexler, and Fred Wilson.https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/risdmuseum_journals/1039/thumbnail.jp

Plaid dress

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Blue and white romper swimsuit

Romper: blue halter style spaghetti straps; fitted white bodice; gathered at dropped waist; stirring around legs; blue and white striped shorts. Note: Hope Stillman fabric

Black and white ensemble

Black and white ensemble: Blouse: white; elbow length puffy sleeves; high round neckline. Skirt: black and white plaid; full; floor length; natural waist band; two side slit pockets; side zipper. Vest: black; white top stitching around arm holes; hem, neck and front closure; seven white bound button holes with black buttons; fitte

Print dress

Dress: orange, green and brown chevron print; front and back V-neckline; natural waistline with belt loops; thirteen fasteners down front closure; full length; leg-of-mutton long sleeves; center back seam. NOTE: Belt missing

Orange romper swimsuit

Romper: orange with tiny black flower print; cotton; halter style spaghetti straps; shirring at top and bottom legs. Belt: self; matching fabric tied in front. Note: Bates fabri

Black cocktail dress

Cocktail dress: black; front and back V-neckline; front closure of fifteen gold fasteners; short sleeves; ribbed fabric; dropped waistline; knee length; flared skirt

Yellow romper swimsuit

Romper: yellow with tiny black flower print; cotton; halter style spaghetti straps; shirring at top and bottom legs. Belt: self; matching fabric tied in front. Note: Bates fabri

Trapeze Dress

Monastic dress of red and black floral printed cotton

Two piece sportswear

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