Feminist Subjectivities in Fiber Art and Craft - Shadows of Affect

Zusatztext "An art critic and a respected scholar, Esquivel (Oakland Univ.) challenges the patriarchal traditions of male artists by drawing the reader's gaze to the translucent installations and crafted fiber objects of eight female artists. ... Recommended."--Choice"This publication is highly recommended for scholars of craft, art history, and philosophy. For studio students, it is best suited to graduate studies, unless theory is emphasized in the curriculum."--ARLIS/NA Informationen zum Autor John Corso-Esquivel is an associate professor at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. He has served terms as the Doris and Paul Travis endowed chair in art history at Oakland and the Critical Studies and Humanities Fellow at Cranbrook Academy of Art, USA. Zusammenfassung This book historicizes the work of eight women artists who brought fiber art and craft-inspired sculpture to the formal and philosophical front lines of contemporary art. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction; 1. Stranger Twins; 2. On Craft and Repetition; 3. Down to the Wire; 4. Subjectivities Before Subjects; 5. Matrixial Shadows; Index

Product details

• Authors: John Corso-Esquivel, John (Oakland University) Corso-Esquivel
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.07.2019
• EAN: 9780815374282
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-7428-2
• No. of pages: 170
• Series: Routledge Research in Gender and Art
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, ART / History / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), HISTORY / Women, ART / American / General, Feminism & feminist theory, Textile artworks, Feminism and feminist theory