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Wall to wall : carpets by artists

Title
Wall to wall : carpets by artists / Cornelia Lauf ; edited by Megan Lykins Reich ; with essays by Germano Celant and Ken Lum ; Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland ; [translation, Helen Ferguson].
Author
Lauf, Cornelia.
Publication
Köln : Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, [2016], ©2016.

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  • Reich, Megan Lykins.
  • Celant, Germano.
  • Lum, Ken, 1956-
  • Ferguson, Helen (Translator)
  • Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland.
Description
151 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 28 cm
Summary
Wall to Wall: Carpets by Artists' studies some of the best contemporary art through the lens of craft: the woven carpet. Featuring 30 artists from across the globe, the exhibition shows this object to be a powerful locus of meaning today, one that cuts across issues of design, art, décor, production, and geopolitics. The "artist carpet" is a form that bears a long and distinguished historical pedigree, from Raphael and Peter Paul Rubens, to Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger, and Joan Mirò. Yet, 'Wall to Wall' takes as its point of departure a history of art rather than history of medium, focusing on the ways in which these objects advance relevant ideas and practices today. Unlike exhibitions that examine artist carpets through an ethnographic lens detached from the world of art, 'Wall to Wall' proposes that these carpets function in a continuum of modern art history as a critical form that is accelerating in use and application. The exhibition asks the simple question: Why? Exhibition: Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Cleveland, USA (23.09.2016-08.01.2017).
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Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • Exhibition catalog.
  • On the occasion of an exhibition held at Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, September 23, 2016 - January 8, 2017.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN
  • 9783863359973
  • 3863359976
LCCN
9783863359973
OCLC
  • ocn957458035
  • 957458035
  • SCSB-5884209
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Columbia University Libraries