{"product_id":"woven-histories-9780226827292","title":"Woven Histories","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This major looker of an exhibition catalog loosens up the warp and weft of conventional views of modern art—all those tight-knotted hierarchical categories (high versus low, art versus craft) on which our institutions and markets still rest—and demonstrates the universe of formal and conceptual brilliance that has always traveled on a parallel track. The sheer variety of work produced by more than 50 artists chosen by the book’s editor, Lynne Cooke, will knock your socks off. (Just wait till you see what’s happening in the field of basketry alone.) So will the visual imaginations of individual geniuses we already know like Anni Albers, Ruth Asawa, Gego, Lenore Tawney and Sheila Hicks, and the others we’re introduced to here.\" * New York Times, on \"Best Art Books of 2023\" *\u003cbr\u003e\"In centering weaving—thread, fiber, and cloth—\u003ci\u003eWoven Histories \u003c\/i\u003edifferently tracks adaptations from within the frame of its traditions.\" * Brooklyn Rail *\u003cbr\u003e\"Placing textiles — and centrally weaving — at the heart of modern abstract art, Cooke selected from the work of around fifty textile artists. She also invited five art critics to respond to the thorny issues raised when weaving and abstract art are linked. Most powerfully, six contemporary fiber artists were asked to draw on their creative perspectives to comment on the works of other fiber artists in the show. . . . Cooke’s majestic compendium of woven artists contains over one hundred finely reproduced illustrations.\" * Arts Fuse *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Modernist Histories: Braided, Interlaced, and Aligned — \u003ci\u003eLynne Cooke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Plates\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Artists’ Responses\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLisa Oppenheim\u003cbr\u003e Harmony Hammond\u003cbr\u003e Jeffrey Gibson\u003cbr\u003e Ann Hamilton\u003cbr\u003e Ellen Lesperance\u003cbr\u003e Ulrike Müller\u003cbr\u003e Carole Frances Lung\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Unavoidable Nature — \u003ci\u003eDarby English\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Textile Thinking — \u003ci\u003eBriony Fer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Not Your Grandmother’s Labor — \u003ci\u003eBibiana K. Obler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Dimensions of Basketry — \u003ci\u003eElissa Auther\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Textility and Technology — \u003ci\u003eMichelle Kuo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e List of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864242729303,"sku":"9780226827292","price":47.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226827292.jpg?v=1722271035","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/woven-histories-9780226827292","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}