Photos: The Knitted, Fuzzy Superhero Costumes of Mark Newport

By Nick Lucchesi on Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 8:54 am

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Mark Newport: Self-Made Man opened to the public on Friday night at Laumeier Sculpture Park in St. Louis County. Newport knitted superhero costumes for this exhibition, and even donned one -- appearing "in character" -- during the opening reception on Friday.

RFT calendar editor Paul Friswold writes in his preview of the exhibition's opening: And while there is no denying that finding Captain America's iconic duds in a gallery is just plain cool, there's also something alarming about the way the costumes hang limply, empty of the human form that gives them life -- even if it is a fictional life. (Read the full preview here.)