Auther, Elissa.

String, felt, thread : the hierarchy of art and craft in American art / Elissa Auther. - Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2010. - xxx, 247 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1: Fiber art and the struggle for legitimacy: The category of fiber art -- Cultural definitions of textiles and the bauhaus weavers -- Fiber and women's work -- Fiber art, the craft revival of the 1960s and 1970s, and popular craft -- The critical reception of fiber art in the 1960s and 1970s -- Mildred Constantine and the battle for fiber art -- 2: Process art, postminimalism, and materiality: Felt in the work of Robert Morris -- The critical reception of the felts -- String, rope, and cord in the work of Eva Hesse -- The reception of Hesse's work in fiber -- Fiber, tactility, and the boundary between art and non-art -- 3: The feminist politicization of the art/craft divide: Promises and problems of the feminist critique of the hierarchy of art and craft -- Faith Ringgold: "A painter who works in the quilt medium" -- Miriam Schapiro: "The quiet revolution" -- Ringgold, Schapiro, and the art world's appropriation of quilting -- Harmony Hammond: the mythic space of the "feminine stitch" -- Judy Chicago: the vitality of embroidery -- Conclusion: fiber, craft, and contemporary art.

9780816656080 (hc : alk. paper) 0816656088 (hc : alk. paper) 9780816656097 (pb : alk. paper) 0816656096 (pb : alk. paper)

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Fiberwork--United States.
Art--Social aspects--United States.
Handicraft--Social aspects--United States.

N7433.9 / .A98 2010

709.73/09045