Sloppy craft : postdisciplinarity and the crafts / edited by Elaine Cheasley Paterson and Susan Surette.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Paterson, Elaine Cheasley, editor.

Surette, Susan, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Handicraft--Philosophy.

Handicraft.

Avant-garde (Aesthetics).

Amateurism.

Ugliness in art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 p.)

Place of Publication:

London, England ; New York, New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.

Summary:

Sloppy Craft: Postdisciplinarity and the Crafts brings together leading international artists and critics to explore the possibilities and limitations of the idea of 'sloppy craft' - craft that is messy or unfinished looking in its execution or appearance, or both. The contributors address 'sloppiness' in contemporary art and craft practices including painting, weaving, sewing and ceramics, consider the importance of traditional concepts of skill, and the implications of sloppiness for a new 21st century emphasis on inter- and postdisciplinarity, as well as for activist, performance, queer and Aboriginal practices. In addition to critical essays, the book includes a 'conversation' section in which contemporary artists and practitioners discuss challenges and opportunities of 'sloppy craft' in their practice and teaching, and an afterword by Glenn Adamson.

Contents:

FC; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; Foreword: Sloppy craft-origins of a term: Anne Wilson; Introduction: Elaine C. Paterson and Susan Surette; Part One: Explorations of postdisciplinarity through sloppy craft; 1. "Male trouble": Sewing, amateurism, and gender: Joseph McBrinn; 2. Sloppy craft as temporal drag in the work of Josh Faught: Elissa Auther and Elyse Speaks; 3. An impression of déjà vu: Craft, the visual arts, and the need to get sloppy: Denis Longchamps; Part Two: The implications of sloppy craft

4. Doomed to failure: Sandra Alfoldy5. The value of "sloppy craft": Creativity and community: Juliette MacDonald; 6. Why is sloppy and postdisciplinary craft significant and what are its historical precedents?: Gloria Hickey; 7. From Maria Martinez to Kent Monkman : Performing sloppy craft in Native America: Elizabeth Kalbfleisch; Part Three: Sloppy craft in practice and pedagogy: A conversation; 8. Sloppy craft and interdisciplinarity: The conversation: Conor Wilson (CW); Jean-Pierre Larocque (JPL); Kelly Thompson (KT); Peter Wilson (PW)

9. Teaching ceramics in an interdisciplinary environment: Eliza Au10. Weaving practice and pedagogy: Kelly Thompson; 11. Sloppy craft: As related to ceramics: Peter Wilson; Postscript: Reprint of Glenn Adamson, "When Craft Gets Sloppy "Crafts 211 (March-April 2008); Index; Plates Section

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781472533074

1472533070

9781474248976

1474248977