| Exploring Contemporary Craft: History, Theory and Critical Writing Contributor(s): Johnson, Jean (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1552451070 ISBN-13: 9781552451076 Publisher: Coach House Books OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Crafts & Hobbies - Art | Criticism & Theory |
| Dewey: 745.509 |
| LCCN: 2004380439 |
| Physical Information: 0.37" H x 5.44" W x 8.48" (0.53 lbs) 124 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The craft of craft, the art of craft - here in Canada we're just starting to really talk about these things. In March 1999, Jean Johnson, who runs Toronto's Craft Studio at Harbourfront Centre, organized a wildly successful symposium on the state of craft in Canada. Curators, writers, critics, academics and craftspeople spoke about all aspects of craft: history, practice, theory, criticism. Taken together, these papers create a clear picture of the vibrant crafts scene in Canada. The symposium was a groundbreaking event, a first in Canada, offering to the crafts community a new depth of consideration. The book, too, is a Canadian first, and it will allow a dialogue about the academic side of the craft movement to continue. Each of the book's three sections, History, Theory and Critical Writing, contains a keynote paper and essays by experts in each field, including Mark Kingwell writing 'On Style, ' Blake Gopnik on 'Reviewing Craft Exhibitions for the Art Pages, ' and Robin Metcalfe addressing 'Teacup Readings: Contextualizing Craft in the Art Gallery.' |