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Wall to wall : carpets by artists /

'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,...

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Main Authors: Lauf, Cornelia (Author)
Corporate Authors: Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland
Group Author: Reich, Megan Lykins (Editor); Celant, Germano (Contributor); Lum, Ken, 1956- (Contributor)
Published: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König,
Publisher Address: Köln :
Publication Dates: [2016]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Carpets > Exhibitions.
Rugs > Exhibitions.
Carpets > History > 20th century.
Carpets > History > 21st century.
Rugs > History > 20th century.
Rugs > History > 21st century.
Textile artists.
Textile designers.
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?
Item Description: Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, September 23, 2016-January 8, 2017.
Carrier Form: 151 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9783863359973
3863359976
Index Number: NK2780
CLC: J533.3
Call Number: J533.3/L373
Contents: Contemporary artists' carpets -- From wall to floor -- The other in the carpet.

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