The new politics of the handmade : craft, art and design

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The new politics of the handmade : craft, art and design / edited by Anthea Black and Nicole Burisch.

Black, Anthea, (editor.). Burisch, Nicole, 1980- (editor.).

Summary:

"The handmade has become inseparable from capitalist modes of production and consumption and this change demands new understandings of objects, aesthetics and labour. Drawing on a wide range of case studies of craft practice, Craft on Demand examines the role of the handmade in contemporary art, craft and design as part of a dramatically shifting global economy. New writing and artists' projects by international scholars and practitioners explore the politics of scarcity, hoarding and sustainability, craftivism and 'ethical' consumption, urban space and new technologies, race, cultural heritage and sovereignty. Engaging with craft, art, design students and practitioners who want a radical rethink of the politics and economics of the handmade, they claim craft as a dynamic critical field for thinking through the most immediate issues of our time"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781784538248
ISBN: 1784538248
ISBN: 9781788316552
ISBN: 178831655X
Physical Description: xix, 278 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Publisher: London ; Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2021.
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Introduction / Anthea Black and Nicole Burisch -- From Craftivism to Craftwashing / Anthea Black and Nicole Burisch -- Ethical Fashion, Craft and the New Spirit of Global Capitalism / Elke Gaugele -- Selven O'Keef Jarmon: Beading Across Geographies / Nicole Burisch -- The Making of Many Hands: Artisanal Production and Neighbourhood Redevelopment in Contemporary Socially Engaged Art / Noni Brynjolson -- That Looks Like Work: The Total Aesthetics of Handcraft / Shannon R. Stratton -- Craft as Property as Liberalism as Problem / Leopold Kowolik -- Zahner Metals: Architectural Fabrication and Craft Labour / Peggy Deamer -- Capitalizing on Community: The Makerspace Phenomenon / Diana Sherlock -- Morehshin Allahyari: On Material Speculation / Alexis Anais Avedisian and Anna Khachiyan -- From Molten Plastic to Polished Mahogany: Bricolage and Scarcity in 1990s Cuban Art / Blanca Serrano Ortiz De Sol©đrzano -- Things Needed Made / Nasrin Himada -- Secret Stash: Textiles, Hoarding, Collecting, Accumulation and Craft / Kirsty Robertson -- Shinique Smith: Lines that Bind / Julia Bryan-Wilson -- Margarita Cabrera: Landscapes of Nepantla / Laura August -- The Sovereign Stitch: Re-reading Embroidery as a Critical Feminist-Decolonial Text / Ellyn Walker -- Ursula Johnson: Weaving Histories and Netukulimk in L'nuwelti'k (We Are Indian) and Other Works / Heather Anderson -- 'The Black Craftsman Situation': A Critical Conversation about Race and Craft / Sonya Clark, Wesley Clark, Bibiana Obler, Mary Savig, Joyce J. Scott and Namita Gupta Wiggers.