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The MAC’s marquee fall exhibit features more than 100 pieces of art by lifelong artist Joe Feddersen.
Whether dangling from a bracelet or hung around the neck like an amulet, charms suggest inherent power, even if it’s subtle. They’re also emblematic of other things — people, places, events. The word “charm” can suggest playful beguilement, but also being tricked out of something valuable, such as one’s land or possessions.
So which is it for sx̌ʷyʔiɬp (Colville) artist Joe Feddersen, who calls his flattened, fused glass symbols “charms?”
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