Crafting modernism
Subtitle: midcentury American art and design
By: Jeannine Falino, general editor ; Jeannine Falino & Jennifer Scanlan, curators ; with essays by Glenn Adamson ... [et al.].
Publisher: Abrams; In association with MAD/Museum of Arts and Design
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
ISBN-13: 9780810984806
Subjects: Decorative arts; Modernism (Aesthetics); History
Other titles: Midcentury American art and design
Description: Crafting Modernism: Midcentury American Art and Design is an in-depth examination of the American studio craft movement in the decades following World War II, with a focus on the major mediums (clay, wood, fiber, metal, jewelry, and glass) favored by the greatest craftspeople of the period. Published to coincide with an exhibition opening in October 2011 at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, this book explores the origins of the studio craft movement, the international influences that helped it grow in this country and abroad, and its convergence with the fine arts and design. This examination of the movement in the postwar years reveals how a new generation of craftspeople began to express cultural identity and artistic innovation through their work, which led to a proliferation of the craft movement in museums and exhibitions worldwide. A few of the many artists represented include Dale Chihuly, Charles and Ray Eames, Wharton Esherick, George Nakashima, and Peter Voulkos. -- Book Description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Overview / by Jeannine Falino; title: Gatherings : creating the studio craft movement / by Glenn Adamson; title: Rothko and the Four Season's commission : a parable of art and design at the mid-twentieth century / by Lowery Stokes Sims; title: The hand that helped the machine / by Donald Albrecht; title: Handmade modernism : rethinking design 1945/1969 / by Jennifer Scanlan; title: An "exploding craft market," 1945/1969 / by Caroline Hannah; title: From design for production to off-loom sculpture / by Elissa Auther; title: American ceramics and the divergence of craft and art / by Ulysses Dietz; title: Accommodating modernism : midcentury silversmithing and enameling / by Bruce Metcalf; title: A community emerges : the American studio jewelry movement, 1945/1970 / by Ursula Ilse-Neuman; title: Druids and dropouts : working wood, 1945/1969 / by David Barquist; title: Studio glass, 1945/1970 / by Patricia Failing.