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'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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Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König,
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| Publisher Address: | Köln : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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'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, f |
| 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. |