Sheila Hicks : weaving as metaphor / Arthur C. Danto, Joan Simon edited by Nina Stritzler-Levine.
Material type: TextSeries: Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, DesignPublisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2006Description: 415 pages : colour illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0300116853
- 9780300116854
- Weaving as metaphor
- 746.392 22
- NK3012.A3 H5277 2006
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 746.392 HIC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A506813B |
Book designed by Irma Boom.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 394-395).
Foreword / Susan Weber Soros -- Sponsor's foreword / Target -- Introduction / Nina Stritzler-Levine -- I. Weaving as metaphor / Arthur C. Danto -- 2. Frames of reference / Joan Simon -- 3. Catalogue of the exhibition / Sheila Hicks -- 4. A design identity / Nina Stritzler-Levine.
"This intriguing book examines the small woven and wrought works artist Sheila Hicks has produced for the past fifty years. With their distinctive colors, thoughtful compositions, and narrative, these miniature creations reveal the emergence and continuity of the artist’s approach to her work. Internationally recognized for her mastery of a textile vocabulary of extremely different scales—sculpture, tapestry, site specific commissions for public spaces, environments of recuperated clothing and uniforms, and more—Hicks has thoughtfully crafted miniatures throughout her nomadic career. The palm-sized works present a record of her remarkable and personal journeys. Focusing on some one hundred miniatures from public and private collections, the book demonstrates the breadth of Hicks's concerns: her persistent inquiry into the mysteries of color, her playful yet reverential subversions of weaving traditions, her surprising range of materials, and her exploration of new technology. From initial experiments based on pre-Columbian weaving structures to a 2005 sculptural project using ninety colors of synthetic filaments, these small works offer a unique opportunity to access and examine the artist's conceptual and technical forays. The volume includes informative essays by Arthur C. Danto, Joan Simon, and Nina Stritzler-Levine as well as illustrations of the artist’s working tools, related drawings, photographs, and chronology."--Publisher description.
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