The new politics of the handmade : craft, art and design / edited by Anthea Black and Nicole Burisch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Black, Anthea, editor.

Burisch, Nicole, 1980- editor.

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Handicraft--Political aspects.

Handicraft.

Handicraft--Economic aspects.

Physical Description:

xix, 278 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2021.

Summary:

"The handmade has become inseparable from capitalist modes of production and consumption and this change demands new understandings of objects, aesthetics and labour. Drawing on a wide range of case studies of craft practice, Craft on Demand examines the role of the handmade in contemporary art, craft and design as part of a dramatically shifting global economy. New writing and artists' projects by international scholars and practitioners explore the politics of scarcity, hoarding and sustainability, craftivism and 'ethical' consumption, urban space and new technologies, race, cultural heritage and sovereignty. Engaging with craft, art, design students and practitioners who want a radical rethink of the politics and economics of the handmade, they claim craft as a dynamic critical field for thinking through the most immediate issues of our time"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. From craftivism to craftwashing / Nicole Burisch

2. Ethical fashion, craft and the new spirit of global capitalism / Elke Gaugele

3. Selven O'Keef Jarmon: Beading across geographies / Nicole Burisch

4. The making of many hands: Artisanal production and neighbourhood redevelopment in contemporary socially engaged art / Noni Brynjolson

5. That looks like work: The total aesthetics of handcraft / Shannon R. Stratton

6. Craft as property as liberalism as problem / Leopold Kowolik

7. Zahner Metals: Architectural fabrication and craft labour / Peggy Deamer

8. Capitalizing on community: The makerspace phenomenon / Diana Sherlock

9. Morehshin Allahyari: On Material Speculation / Anna Khachiyan

10. From molten plastic to polished mahogany: Bricolage and scarcity in 1990s Cuban art / Blanca Serrano Ortiz de Solorzano

11. Things needed made / Nasrin Himada

12. Secret stash: Textiles, hoarding, collecting, accumulation and craft / Kirsty Robertson

13. Shinique Smith: Lines that bind / Julia Bryan-Wilson

14. Margarita Cabrera: Landscapes of nepantla / Laura August

15. The sovereign stitch: Rereading embroidery as a critical feminist decolonial text / Ellyn Walker

16. Ursula Johnson: Weaving histories and Netukulimk in L'nuwelti'k (We Are Indian) and other works / Heather Anderson

17. The Black craftsman situation': A critical conversation about race and craft / Namita Gupta Wiggers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: The new politics of the handmade

ISBN:

9781784538248

1784538248

9781788316552

178831655X

OCLC:

958450442

Publisher Number:

99986430049