Screen Library40 under 40：craft futures
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Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum,
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| Publisher Address: | Washington, DC |
| Publication Dates: | 2012. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | 259 p.: ill. ; 32 cm. |
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9780300187977 (hardback) 0300187971 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | J53(712) |
| CLC: | J53(712) |
| Call Number: | J53(712)/B434 |
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Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, on view at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, July 20, 2012-February 13, 2013. Includes bibliographical references. Foreword / Douglas Coupland -- Acknowledgments -- Craft futures : a generation at hand / Nicholas R. Bell -- Body craft : preaching, performance, and process / Julia Bryan-Wilson -- Trace and light : notes on the (un)collectible nature of things / Bernard L. Herman -- Object lessons : craft, creativity, and boundlessness in the contemporary field / Michael J. Prokopow -- The forty / Nicholas R. Bell -- Artist biographies / Debrah Dunner --Exhibition checklist. "In this beautifully illustrated volume, published in celebration of the Renwick Gallery's fortieth anniversary, author Nicholas Bell highlights forty artists (all under the age of forty) actively engaged in creating objects that are transforming contemporary craft. 40 Under 40 investigates evolving notions of craft within traditional media such as ceramics and metalwork, as well as in fields as varied as sculpture, industrial design, installation art, fashion, and sustainable manufacturing. Viewing craft's heritage as a set of flexible tools rather than a rigid structure, Bell shows how thi |