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15%OFFAnthea Black - The New Politics of the Handmade: Craft, Art and Design - 9781784538248 - V9781784538248
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The New Politics of the Handmade: Craft, Art and Design

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Description for The New Politics of the Handmade: Craft, Art and Design Paperback. Making the new politics of craft and sustainability Num Pages: 304 pages, 32 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AFT; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Contemporary craft, art and design are inseparable from the flows of production and consumption under global capitalism. The New Politics of the Handmade features twenty-three voices who critically rethink the handmade in this dramatically shifting economy. The authors examine craft within the conditions of extreme material and economic disparity; a renewed focus on labour and materiality in contemporary art and museums; the political dimensions of craftivism, neoliberalism, and state power; efforts toward urban renewal and sustainability; the use of digital technologies; and craft’s connections to race, cultural identity and sovereignty in texts that criss-cross five continents. They claim ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784538248
SKU
V9781784538248
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About Anthea Black
Anthea Black is a Canadian artist, writer, and Assistant Professor in Printmedia and Graduate Fine Arts at the California College of the Arts. Her writing on contemporary art, craft and performance appears in The Craft Reader, Extra/ordinary: Craft and Contemporary Art, Making Otherwise: Craft and Material Fluency in Contemporary Art, and Rita McKeough: WORKS. She is the co-editor of HANDBOOK: ... Read more

Reviews for The New Politics of the Handmade: Craft, Art and Design
While an anthology can do little more than introduce topics and provide roadmaps for further exploration, The New Politics of the Handmade does this well, covering not only current research but also providing copious notes, a helpful index and numerous colour illustrations. This is a volume to keep, and an offering that makes me hope for more to follow.
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