Thinking through Craft by Glenn Adamson (English) Paperback Book

Description: Thinking through Craft by Glenn Adamson Co-published in Association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, LondonThis book is a timely and engaging introduction to the way that artists working in all media think about craft. Workmanship is key to todays visual arts, when high production values are becoming increasingly commonplace. Yet crafts centrality to contemporary art has received little serious attention from critics and historians.Dispensing with clichéd arguments that craft is art, Adamson persuasively makes a case for defining craft in a more nuanced fashion. The interesting thing about craft, he argues, is that it is perceived to be inferior to art. The book consists of an overview of various aspects of this second-class identity - supplementarity, sensuality, skill, the pastoral, and the amateur. It also provides historical case studies analysing crafts role in a variety of disciplines, including architecture, design, contemporary art, and the crafts themselves. Thinking Through Craft will be essential reading for anyone interested in craft or the broader visual arts. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Glenn Adamson is Deputy Head of Research and Head of Graduate Studies at the Victoria and Albert Museum, where he leads a graduate program in the History of Design. He holds degrees in Art History from Cornell University (BA) and from Yale University (PhD).Dr. Adamson was previously curator at the Chipstone Foundation, and in that capacity prepared exhibitions at the Milwaukee Art Museum and taught Art History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the co-editor (with Tanya Harrod and Edward S. Cooke, Jr.) of the Journal of Modern Craft, the only academic journal in the subject area, which will launch in March 2008. Table of Contents IntroductionChapter 1: Supplemental"Homage to Brancusi"Wearable Sculptures: Modern Jewelry and the Problem of AutonomyReframing the Pattern and Decoration MovementPropsChapter 2: SensualCeramic Presence: Peter VoulkosThe Essence of Clay: Yagi KazuoThe Materialization of the Art Object, 1966-72BreathChapter 3. SkilledLearning by Doing: Teaching Modern CraftThinking in Situations: Josef AlbersLearning Architecture: Charles Jencks and Kenneth FramptonChapter 4: PastoralRegions ApartTwo Versions of PastoralNorth, South, East, WestChapter 5: Amateur"The Worlds Most Fascinating Hobby": Robert ArnesonFeminism and the Politics of AmateurismAbject Craft: Mike Kelley and Tracey EminConclusion Review At a time when technical skill has been widely dismissed or outsourced in the production of art, Glenn Adamson crucially adds an entire spectrum of hand-crafted objects to the creative history of the post-war era. And at a time when theoretical frameworks have stagnated, these objects, in his hands, bring with them a fresh and sophisticated set of interpretive perspectives. * Thomas Crow, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University *Adamson asks provocative questions about the marginalization of craft within the discourse of modernism. Best of all, he writes with a lucidity, energy and engagement that takes the reader with him all the way. * Pennina Barnett, Goldsmiths College, University of London *A highly original contribution, Thinking through Craft is both thoughtful and exacting about crafted objects and the lessons provided by the artists time, labor and material inventiveness. * Modern Painters *A pathbreaking book" * Elissa Auther, University of Colorado *Throughout Thinking Through Craft, Adamson offers such provocative readings of both fine art and craft history that are likely to instigate radical new ways of thinking about each. * Maria Elena Buszek, for Surface Design *This book is ... full of thoughtful and pertinent analysis and achieves an impressive theoretical take on the role of studio craft within the history of modern art. * The Journal of William Morris Studies *A thoughtful, exciting and well-written book that touches on so many interesting ideas concerning craft. * Museum Anthropology Review *[R]ecommended to both art and design theorists and anyone else anxious to engage in theorizing about craft. -- Andrea Peach, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK Review Quote Throughout Thinking Through Craft, Adamson offers such provocative readings of both fine art and craft history that are likely to instigate radical new ways of thinking about each. Feature Also available in hardback, 9781845206468 Details ISBN1350092630 Author Glenn Adamson Pages 224 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Year 2018 ISBN-10 1350092630 ISBN-13 9781350092631 Format Paperback Publication Date 2018-10-01 Imprint Bloomsbury Visual Arts Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 745 Language English NZ Release Date 2018-10-01 UK Release Date 2018-10-01 Illustrations 44 bw and 16 colour illustrations, biblio, index Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2018-09-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:124259884;

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