Nation Building: Craft and Contemporary American Culture - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1474249493 ISBN 13: 9781474249492

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016

Synopsis

In this beautifully designed and illustrated volume, leading craft scholars, curators and artists come together to assess the post-War history and contemporary flourishing of craft in America. Their critical gaze encompasses craft practice by artists, professional makers, and amateurs; crafting as it takes place in the studio and in the domestic space, and as it is exhibited in museums and galleries; craft that uses materials and crafting in the digital arena, and critical issues confronting craft such as industry, education and digitization.
Table of Contents 
1. (Dis) Organizing Principles Nicholas R. Bell: Introduction Glenn Adamson: Goodbye Craft 2. Aesthetic Transgressions Elissa Auther: He is Survived by His Longtime Companion: Feeling in the Work of Josh Faught Maria Buszek, Elaine Reichek, Sonya Clark, Michael Strand: Media, Process, History: Craft beyond Crafting Jenni Sorkin: Craft-Like: The Illusion of Authenticity 3. The Politics of Display Elizabeth McGoey: America at Home: Crafts and Craftsmanship in the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair Shelter Exhibits Ulysses Dietz: Taste, Money, Museums and the Subversion of Craft Julie Muniz and Jennifer Scanlan: Institutionalized: Craft in the Museum 4. Enduring Conflicts Maria Shevzov: Making an Impression: The Material Culture Scholarship and Craft of Historical Reenactors Bibiana Obler: Craft as a Response to War 5. Education and Technology Garth Johnson: A Hackerspace of One's Own: Curriculum and the Maker Movement Neil Gershenfeld, Stuart Kestenbaum, Phyllis Klein: Digital Fabrication: Implications for Craft and Community 6. Negotiating Industry Ezra Shales: The Politics of 'Ordinary Manufacture' in the Post-Industrial State Sandra Alfoldy: Craft Goes to Disney! Gabriel Craig: DIY Detroit See more at: bloomsbury.com/us/nation-building-9781474249478/#sthash.xRkzislu.dpuf

About this title

Book Description:

A beautifully-illustrated survey of current practice and thinking about American craft, featuring contributions from leading craft scholars.

About the Author:

Nicholas R. Bell is the Fleur and Charles Bresler Senior Curator of American Craft and Decorative Art, at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, USA.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1474249493
• ISBN 13: 9781474249492
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Bell Nicholas R.