Extra/Ordinary

Maria Buszek

Description

Contemporary artists such as Ghada Amer and Clare Twomey have gained international reputations for work that transforms ordinary craft media and processes into extraordinary conceptual art, from Amer's monumental stitched paintings to Twomey's large, ceramics-based installations. Despite the amount of attention that curators and gallery owners have paid to these and many other conceptual artists who incorporate craft into their work, few art critics or scholars have explored the historical or conceptual significance of craft in contemporary art. Extra/Ordinary takes up that task. Reflecting on what craft has come to mean in recent decades, artists, critics, curators, and scholars develop theories of craft in relation to art, chronicle how fine-art institutions understand and exhibit craft media, and offer accounts of activist crafting, or craftivism. Some contributors describe generational and institutional changes under way, while others signal new directions for scholarship, considering craft in relation to queer theory, masculinity, and science. Encompassing quilts, ceramics, letterpress books, wallpaper, and textiles, and moving from well-known museums to home workshops and political protests, Extra/Ordinary is an eclectic introduction to the "craft culture" referenced and celebrated by artists promoting new ways of thinking about the role of craft in contemporary art.Contributors. Elissa Auther, Anthea Black, Betty Bright, Nicole Burisch, Maria Elena Buszek, Jo Dahn, M. Anna Fariello, Betsy Greer, Andrew Jackson, Janis Jefferies, Louise Mazanti, Paula Owen, Karin E. Peterson, Lacey Jane Roberts, Kirsty Robertson, Dennis Stevens, Margaret Wertheim

Sujets

• History of art
• Decorative arts

Informations

• Publié par: Duke University Press
• Date de parution: 04 mars 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780822392873
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 15 Mo

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E X T R A/O R D I N A RY

E X T R A / O R D I NA RY Craft and Contemporary Art

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aliDiTy ïŝ in THe Eye Of THe beHOlDer: MaingCrafTCOUniTieŝOfpracTice Dennis Stevens

SUer-ÔjecTŝ: CrafT aŝ an AeŝTHeTic pOŝiTiOn Louise Mazanti

FaricaTiOn anD EncOUnTer: WHen COnTenT ïŝ a er Paula Owen

C R A F T S H O W: I N T H E R E A L M O F “ F I N E A RT S ”  99Ow THe ÔrDinary becOeŝ ExTraOrDinary: e MODern Eye anD THe QUilT aŝ ArT FOr Karin E. Peterson

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Wallaer, THe ecOraTive, anD COnTeOrary ïnŝTallaTiOn ArT Elissa Auter

anDwOrK anD yriDŝ: ecaŝTing THe CrafT Of eTTerreŝŝ prinTing Betty Brigt

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C R A F T I V I S M  175CrafTiviŝT iŝTOry Betsy Greer

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eelliOUŝ Oilieŝ anD SUverŝive STiTcHeŝ: WriTing a CrafTiviŝT iŝTOry Kirsty Robertson

CrafT arD ie Free: aDical CUraTOrial STraTegieŝ fOr CrafTiviŝ Antea Black and Nicole Burisc

Oving ATTenTiOn: An ÔUTUrŝT Of CrafT in COnTeOrary ArT Janis Jeeries

N E W F U N C T I O N S , N E W F R O N T I E R S  243pUT OUr ing Own, Fli ïT, anD everŝe ïT: eiagining CrafT ïDenTiTieŝ Ûŝing acTicŝ Of QUeer eOry Lacey Jane Roberts

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Men WHO MaKe: e “FlOw” Of THe AaTeUr eŝigner/MaKer Andrew Jackson

CrOcHeT anD THe COŝOŝ: An ïnTerview wiTH MargareT WerTHei Maria Elena Buszek

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