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Art in the Making: Artists and their Materials from the Studio to Crowdsourcing
Glenn Adamson
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Description for Art in the Making: Artists and their Materials from the Studio to Crowdsourcing
Hardcover. Today's artists have an unprecedented level of choice with regard to materials and methods available to them, yet the processes involved in making artworks are rarely addressed in books or exhibitions on art. This title sets out a history of trends in artistic production and the possible catalysts for the proliferation of production strategies. Num Pages: 248 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 329 x 25. Weight in Grams: 930.
Today's artists have an unprecedented level of choice with regard to materials and methods available to them, yet the processes involved in making artworks are rarely addressed in books or exhibitions on art. Here, Glenn Adamson and Julia Bryan-Wilson argue that the materials and methods used to make artworks hold the key to artists' motivations, their attitudes to authorship, uniqueness and the value of objects, the economic and social contexts from which they emerge, and their approach to the perceived opposition between materiality and conceptualism in art. The book's introduction sets out a history ... Read more
Today's artists have an unprecedented level of choice with regard to materials and methods available to them, yet the processes involved in making artworks are rarely addressed in books or exhibitions on art. Here, Glenn Adamson and Julia Bryan-Wilson argue that the materials and methods used to make artworks hold the key to artists' motivations, their attitudes to authorship, uniqueness and the value of objects, the economic and social contexts from which they emerge, and their approach to the perceived opposition between materiality and conceptualism in art. The book's introduction sets out a history ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500239339
SKU
V9780500239339
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Ref
99-2
About Glenn Adamson
Glenn Adamson is Director of the Museum of Arts and Design, New York. He was formerly head of research at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and tutor at the Royal College of Art, London. He is co-editor of the Journal of Modern Craft and author of The Craft Reader and The Invention of Craft. Julia Bryan-Wilson is Associate Professor ... Read more
Reviews for Art in the Making: Artists and their Materials from the Studio to Crowdsourcing
'After reading this book I won't ever look at an artwork in the same way again' - Crafts 'Full of very good surprises, unusual suspects and unexpected perspectives ... illuminating and thought-provoking' - we-make-money-not-art.com