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020			_a9781845206468
082			_aCRFT _bADA
100			_aAdamson, Glenn
245		0	_aThinking through Craft
260			_a. _bBerg Publisher _c2007
300			_a224: ill. _c‎ 15.6 x 1.43 x 23.39 cm _rHB
504			_aCo-published in Association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, London This book is a timely and engaging introduction to the way that artists working in all media think about craft. Workmanship is key to today's visual arts, when high 'production values' are becoming increasingly commonplace. Yet craft's centrality to contemporary art has received little serious attention from critics and historians. Dispensing with cliched arguments that craft is art, Adamson persuasively makes a case for defining craft in a more nuanced fashion. The interesting thing about craft, he argues, is that it is perceived to be 'inferior' to art. The book consists of an overview of various aspects of this second-class identity - supplementarity, sensuality, skill, the pastoral, and the amateur. It also provides historical case studies analysing craft's role in a variety of disciplines, including architecture, design, contemporary art, and the crafts themselves. Thinking Through Craft will be essential reading for anyone interested in craft or the broader visual arts.
650			_aArt
650			_aCraft & Making
650			_aHandcraft
650			_aTechniques
650			_aWorkmanship
942			_cBKS
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