Manufractured The Conspicuous Transformation of Everyday Objects |
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| Author:
| Holt, Steven Skov
Skov, Mara Holt |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8118-6509-8 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2009 |
| Publisher: | Chronicle Books LLC
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $65.00 |
Book Description:
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This volume reveals a major trend taking place today in visual and material culturethe radical appropriation of consumer goods as raw material for art- and object-making. A growing number of artists, craftspeople, and designers are realigning traditional craft practices with already manufactured objects and materials to marry the uniquely handmade with the uniformly mass-produced. Published to coincide with a show at the Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland, Oregon,...
More DescriptionThis volume reveals a major trend taking place today in visual and material culturethe radical appropriation of consumer goods as raw material for art- and object-making. A growing number of artists, craftspeople, and designers are realigning traditional craft practices with already manufactured objects and materials to marry the uniquely handmade with the uniformly mass-produced. Published to coincide with a show at the Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland, Oregon, Manufactured offers an arresting look at the new crossover of craft, art, and design, and an exciting new cultural genre.