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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-colour illustrated volume, Elissa Auther discusses the work of American artists using fibre, considering provocative questions of material, process, and intention that bridge the art–craft divide.

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Author:   Elissa Auther
Publisher:   University of Minnesota Press
Imprint:   University of Minnesota Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.907kg
ISBN:  

9780816656080

ISBN 10:   0816656088
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   21 December 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"List of Illustrations Introduction: The Hierarchy of Art and Craft 1. Fiber Art and the Struggle for Legitimacy The Category ""Fiber Art"" Cultural Definitions of Textiles and Bauhaus Weavers Fiber and Women's Work Fiber Art, the Craft Revival of the 1960s and 1970s, and Popular Craft The Critical Reception of Fiber Art in the 1960s and 1970s Mildred Constantine and the Battle for Fiber Art 2. Postminimalism, Materiality, and Process Art Felt in the Work of Robert Morris The Critical Reception of the Felts String, Rope, and Cord in the Work of Eva Hesse The Reception of Hesse's Work in Fiber Fiber, Tactility, and the Boundary Between Art and ""Non-Art"" 3. The Feminist Politicization of the Art/Craft Divide The Promises and Problems of the Feminist Critique of the Hierarchy of Art and Craft Faith Ringgold: ""A painter who works in the quilt medium"" Miriam Schapiro: ""The Quiet Revolution"""

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Elissa Auther is associate professor of contemporary art at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.

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