The use of recycled materials enables some artists to expand the scale of their work so that it eventually floods the entire gallery. This image is from Currents 98: Tara Donovan (Saint Louis Art Museum), and features more than 600,000 plastic cups. According to the artist: A transformative moment occurs for me when the material [...]
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Extra/ordinary publication
CALL FOR PAPERS: Extra/ordinary: Craft culture and contemporary art An anthology of critical writing edited by Maria Elena Buszek Art historian Maria Elena Buszek is seeking proposals for contributions to the anthology Extra/ordinary: Craft culture and contemporary art. Proposed essays should draw upon and further develop the sense of meaning with which craft media have [...]
Anthropological perspective
In article by Peter Stallybrass, ‘The Value of Culture and the Disavowal of Things‘, he looks at the role of Christianity in providing an aesthetic appreciation of the ordinary. The metaphorics of Christianity concern the value of the valueless (unnourishing quantities of bread and wine). And Christianity immediately materialized this valuelessness through its scriptures, written [...]
Art Monthly review
In his glowing review for Art Monthly (‘Craft undone’, March 2006, p9-11) John McPhee describes Craft Unbound as ‘a welcome addition to the small number of publications about contemporary Australian artists/craftspeople.’ Curious that the book continues to feature as a contrast with the Transformations exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia. Two ends of the [...]
Kindred sites
Dogme manifesto by Lars Von TrierWikipedia on Dogme 95Statement of ‘poor theatre’ principles by Jerzy GrotowskiZero to Infinity exhibition of Arte Povera
Welcome to Craft Unbound
The discovery of rare value in the most common of materials seems a particularly Australian quest. Eighteen newly emerged craft practitioners from across Australia demonstrate in their work how a source as humble as the supermarket can provide materials for even the most precious work of art. Materials include quartz, grass, ice cream sticks, indigenous [...]
Margot Osborne review
In her review for the Adelaide Advertiser, Margot Osborne critiques Craft Unbound alongside the National Gallery of Australia exhibition, Transformations. She rightly praises the high quality of work in the Canberra show curated by Robert Bell. While she commends the artists in Craft Unbound, she is critical of the way they are presented. She identifies [...]
