String, Felt, Thread: The Hierarchy of Art and Craft in American Art

by Elissa Auther

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String, Felt, Thread presents an unconventional history of the American art world, chronicling the advance of thread, rope, string, felt, and fabric from the "low" world of craft to the "high" world of art in the 1960s and 1970s and the emergence today of a craft counterculture. In this full-color illustrated volume, Elissa Auther discusses the work of American artists using fiber, considering provocative questions of material, process, and intention...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0816656096

ISBN13:9780816656097

Release Date:December 2009

Publisher:University of Minnesota Press

Length:280 Pages

Weight:1.71 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.9" x 9.9"

Related Subjects

Art Arts, Music & Photography History & Criticism Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Women's Studies

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