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Fiber : sculpture 1960-present / edited by Jenelle Porter.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Munich ; New York : Prestel, 2014Description: 256 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 31 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9783791353821
Subject(s):
Contents:
Soft Power / Glenn Adamson -- About 10 Years: From the New Tapestry to Fiber Art / Jenelle Porter -- Tapestries in Space: An Alternative History of Site-Specificity / T'ai Smith -- Artists' Biographies / Sarah Parrish
Summary: Fiber: Sculpture 1960-present is the first exhibition in over forty years to examine the development of abstraction and dimensionality in fiber art from the mid-twentieth traditional materials, artists working in fiber manipulate gravity, light, color, mass, and transparency to demonstrate the infinite transformations of the material. Early pioneers such as Magdalena Abakanowicz, Sheila Hicks, and Lenore Tawney spearheaded a revolutionary redefinition of fiber in the 1960s and '70s, showcasing radical, nonrepresentational forms. Fiber: Sculpture 1960-present features artworks that range from small-scale weavings to immersive environments. This book includes a range of texts on weavings associated with craft to off-loom sculptures aligned with mainstream art movements; a provocative investigation into the notion of softness in art; an examination of fiber art and its historical predecessor, tapestry, in relation to site-specificity; an account of the exhibitions and, finally, a section of concise essays that survey the distinctive contributions of individual practitioners.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Barcode
Book Book CGLAS Library Pink 735.23 POR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 08847

Published to accompany the exhibitions of the same name held at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, 1st October 2014-4th January 2015; Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, 3rd January-5th April 2015; and at Des Moines Art Center, Iowa, 8th May-2nd August 2015.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Soft Power / Glenn Adamson -- About 10 Years: From the New Tapestry to Fiber Art / Jenelle Porter -- Tapestries in Space: An Alternative History of Site-Specificity / T'ai Smith -- Artists' Biographies / Sarah Parrish

Fiber: Sculpture 1960-present is the first exhibition in over forty years to examine the development of abstraction and dimensionality in fiber art from the mid-twentieth traditional materials, artists working in fiber manipulate gravity, light, color, mass, and transparency to demonstrate the infinite transformations of the material. Early pioneers such as Magdalena Abakanowicz, Sheila Hicks, and Lenore Tawney spearheaded a revolutionary redefinition of fiber in the 1960s and '70s, showcasing radical, nonrepresentational forms. Fiber: Sculpture 1960-present features artworks that range from small-scale weavings to immersive environments. This book includes a range of texts on weavings associated with craft to off-loom sculptures aligned with mainstream art movements; a provocative investigation into the notion of softness in art; an examination of fiber art and its historical predecessor, tapestry, in relation to site-specificity; an account of the exhibitions and, finally, a section of concise essays that survey the distinctive contributions of individual practitioners.