Craft perception and practice. Volume Two : a Canadian discourse / Sandra Alfoldy [and eighteen others] ; edited by Paula Gustafson.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Alfoldy, Sandra, author.

Contributor:

• Gustafson, Paula, editor.

Series:

• A Canadian Discourse Series
• A Canadian Discourse Series ; v.2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Decorative arts--Canada--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver, British Columbia : Ronsdale Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The series of Craft Perception and Practice volumes gives recognition to the exciting new developments in contemporary craft practice and scholarship. This second volume brings together 22 essays and critical commentaries by 19 independent critics and curators, professional artists, art historians, and studio art instructors. Illustrated with 40 colour photographs of works by some of Canadas finest craft artists, the texts represent the depth and range of critical thought about Canadian craft presented at symposiums and in exhibition catalogues and arts journals. Exploring the diversity of current craft practice and theory, as well as crafts intrinsic connections between traditional and contemporary art, these multidisciplinary texts discuss the conceptual, social and cultural significance of work in craft media. The authors engage linguistic, dystopian, mimetic and cinematic theories, as well as the aspects of sensual and tacit knowledge, to create a nuanced discourse about making and appreciating craft-based sculptural and functional objects. This seminal series of books asserts craft's rightful place as a vital form of artistic expression. Craft Perception and Practice substantiates academic advancement of craft curricula and provides an authoritative springboard for debate and discussion among craft practitioners, curators and collectors."Essential reading for students of craft, craft history, craft theory, and critical thinking in Canadian universities and colleges and a welcome addition to a field that has only recently become the focus of serious academic interest."--Jennifer Salahub, Alberta College of Art and Design.

Contents:

• ""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE LANDSCAPE OF MEMORY""; ""Mapping Paradise""; ""Giardino Segreto""; ""Art/Object/Craft""; ""Painterly Ceramics""; ""Landscape as Language in Canadian Ceramics: A Reading of a National Collection""; ""THE VESSEL AS IDEA""; ""Joanne Copp: Gilded Vessels""; ""The Aesthetics of Skill""; ""Rocksbreath II""; ""Joni Moriyama: Echo""; ""Kevin Conlin: Elapse""; ""THE LANGUAGE IS PERSONAL""; ""Jeannie Mah: 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her""; ""Boys with Needles""; ""Sook He Park: Humility""; ""Metal: 5 Views""; ""HISTORY REDUX""; ""Fork Lifting""
• ""Susan Andrews Grace: Cove(r)n""""For Home and Country""; ""Constructing a Craft History""; ""Defining Professional Craft""; ""LIMNING THE THEORY""; ""Report from the Interior""; ""Pot: As Movable Memory""; ""Toward a Unified Theory of Crafts: The Reconciliation of Differences""; ""ADDITIONAL READING""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed January 18, 2018).
• Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

• 1-55380-214-4
• 1-55380-083-4

OCLC:

1017005675