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Shy boy, she Devil, and Isis : the art of conceptual craft : selections from the Wornick Collection / Gerald W.R. Ward and Julie M. Muñiz ; with contributions by Kelly H. L'Ecuyer and Nonie Gadsden ; and an essay by Matthew Kangas.
- Title
- Shy boy, she Devil, and Isis : the art of conceptual craft : selections from the Wornick Collection / Gerald W.R. Ward and Julie M. Muñiz ; with contributions by Kelly H. L'Ecuyer and Nonie Gadsden ; and an essay by Matthew Kangas.
- Author
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Publication
- Boston : MFA Publications : New York, N.Y. : Distributed Art Publishers / A.D.P., c2007.
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- Description
- 183 p. : col. ill.; 25 x 30 cm.
- Summary
- "The works presented in this catalogue, from the Wornick Collection, capture an important moment in the evolution of three-dimensional contemporary art. Working in clay, glass, metal, wood and fiber, the 109 artists featured here - including John Cederquist, Dale Chihuly, Jun Kaneko, Viola Frey, Mary Van Cline, and Peter Voulkos - are distinct in that they move away from functionality, toward the creation of purely expressive sculptural forms. The introductory essay by critic Matthew Kangas explores how these avant-garde works at once transcend the category of craft and reach back to humankind's deepest expressive urges. Gerard W.R. Ward and Julie Muniz discuss the combination of aesthetic innovation and acute sensitivity to materials shown by these artists, whose works define the riotous and compelling cutting edge of craft."--Jacket.
- Alternative Title
- Art of conceptual craft
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- exhibition catalogs.
- Exhibition catalogs
- History
- Catalogues d'exposition.
- Note
- Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Sept. 11, 2007-Jan. 6, 2008.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-181) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Collectors' statements / Ronald C. and Anita L. Wornick -- Introduction / Gerald W.R. Ward -- Materal matters / Matthew Kangas -- Tradition transformed: postmodernism in studio craft / Julie M. Muñiz -- Susbstance and structure: the creative use of materials and techniques by artists in the Wornick Collection / Gerald W.R. Ward -- Selections from the Wornick Collection : Julie M. Muñiz, Gerald W.R. Ward, Kelly H. L'Ecuyer, and Nonie Gadsden.
- ISBN
- 9780878467181 (hardcover)
- 0878467181 (hardcover)
- 9780878467204 (softcover)
- 0878467203 (softcover)
- LCCN
- ^^2007927111
- OCLC
- 173146980
- SCSB-10471361
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- Harvard Library