{"product_id":"thinking-through-craft-9781845206468","title":"Thinking through Craft","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCo-published in Association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, London This book is a timely and engaging introduction to the way that artists working in all media think about craft. Workmanship is key to today's visual arts, when high 'production values' are becoming increasingly commonplace. Yet craft's centrality to contemporary art has received little serious attention from critics and historians. Dispensing with cliched arguments that craft is art, Adamson persuasively makes a case for defining craft in a more nuanced fashion. The interesting thing about craft, he argues, is that it is perceived to be 'inferior' to art. The book consists of an overview of various aspects of this second-class identity - supplementarity, sensuality, skill, the pastoral, and the amateur. It also provides historical case studies analysing craft's role in a variety of disciplines, including architecture, design, contemporary art, and the crafts themselves. Thinking Through Craft will be essential reading for anyone interested in craft or the broader visual arts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'At a time when technical skill has been widely dismissed or outsourced in the production of art, Glenn Adamson crucially adds an entire spectrum of hand-crafted objects to the creative history of the post-war era. And at a time when theoretical frameworks have stagnated, these objects, in his hands, bring with them a fresh and sophisticated set of interpretive perspectives.' Thomas Crow, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University 'Adamson asks provocative questions about the marginalization of craft within the discourse of modernism. Best of all, he writes with a lucidity, energy and engagement that takes the reader with him all the way.' Pennina Barnett, Goldsmiths College, University of London 'A highly original contribution, Thinking through Craft is both thoughtful and exacting about crafted objects and the lessons provided by the artists' time, labor and material inventiveness.' Modern Painters 'A pathbreaking book' Elissa Auther, University of Colorado Throughout Thinking Through Craft, Adamson offers such provocative readings of both fine art and craft history that are likely to instigate radical new ways of thinking about each. Maria Elena Buszek, for Surface Design This book is ... full of thoughtful and pertinent analysis and achieves an impressive theoretical take on the role of studio craft within the history of modern art. The Journal of William Morris Studies A thoughtful, exciting and well-written book that touches on so many interesting ideas concerning craft. Museum Anthropology Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction    Chapter 1: Supplemental  \"Homage to Brancusi\"  Wearable Sculptures: Modern Jewelry and the Problem of Autonomy   Reframing the Pattern and Decoration Movement   Props    Chapter 2: Sensual  Ceramic Presence: Peter Voulkos  The Essence of Clay: Yagi Kazuo   The Materialization of the Art Object, 1966-72   Breath    Chapter 3. Skilled   Learning by Doing: Teaching Modern Craft   Thinking in Situations: Josef Albers  Learning Architecture: Charles Jencks and Kenneth Frampton      Chapter 4: Pastoral   Regions Apart   Two Versions of Pastoral  North, South, East, West    Chapter 5: Amateur   \"The World's Most Fascinating Hobby\": Robert Arneson  Feminism and the Politics of Amateurism   Abject Craft: Mike Kelley and Tracey Emin    Conclusion","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51020711723351,"sku":"9781845206468","price":88.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845206468.jpg?v=1750784167","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/thinking-through-craft-9781845206468","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}