Thinking through craft

This book is an introduction to the way that artists working in all media think about craft. Workmanship is key to today's visual arts, when high 'production values' are becoming increasingly commonplace. Yet craft's centrality to contemporary art has received little serious atte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Adamson, Glenn, autor (autor)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York ; Dublin : Bloomsbury Visual Arts [2021]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Supplemental
  • "Homage to Brancusi"
  • Wearable Sculptures: Modern Jewelry and the Problem of Autonomy
  • Reframing the Pattern and Decoration Movement
  • Props
  • Chapter 2. Sensual
  • Ceramic Presence: Peter Voulkos
  • The Essence of Clay: Yagi Kazuo
  • The Materialization of the Art Object, 1966-72
  • Breath
  • Chapter 3. Skilled
  • Learning by Doing: Teaching Modern Craft
  • Thinking in Situations: Josef Albers
  • Learning Architecture: Charles Jencks and Kenneth Frampton
  • Chapter 4. Pastoral
  • Regions Apart
  • Two Versions of Pastoral
  • North, South, East, West
  • Chapter 5. Amateur
  • "The World's Most Fascinating Hobby": Robert Arneson
  • Feminism and the Politics of Amateurism
  • Abject Craft: Mike Kelley and Tracey Emin
  • Conclusion