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Marking its twenty-fifth anniversary in 1997, the Renwick Gallery has
become the nation's premier showcase and study center for objects made
of metal, fiber, wood, clay, and glass.
As a curatorial department of
the National Museum of American Art, the Renwick has grown from a
kunsthalle for temporary exhibitions to a museum branch dedicated to
collecting, research, publications, exhibitions, and education.
The
Renwick's efforts have played a major role in heightening public
appreciation of crafts and providing encouragement to those who create
them. This book serves as an introduction to the world of modern crafts,
exploring in both words and pictures the vibrant diversity of objects
that have entered the Renwick Gallery's collection.
In his essay for the
book, curator-in-charge Kenneth R. Trapp traces the Renwick's history,
highlighting the contributions of his predecessors and the many other
people whose commitment to the gallery has ensured its success, notably
the James Renwick Alliance.
In his essay Howard Risatti explores our
intuitive understanding of the way crafts are related to the human body
and their consequent deep meaning for us.
Also included are brief
biographies of sixty-five artists whose work is represented in the book,
among them Anni Albers, Wendell Castle, Dale Chihuly, Harvey Littleton,
Peter Voulkos, and Beatrice Wood. .
Table Of Contents .
- Foreword. 8. .
- Acknowledgments. 10. .
- Dedicated to art: twenty-five years at the
Renwick Gallery. 13. .
- Metaphysical implications of function, material,
and technique in craft. 31. .
- Colorplates: clay. 56. .
- Colorplates:
fiber. 84. .
- Colorplates: glass. 106. .
- Colorplates: metal. 126. .
- Colorplates: wood. 150. .
- Chronology of the Renwick Gallery. 175. .
- Chronology of the James Renwick Alliance. 179. .
- Artists' biographies.
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CONDITION: Soft cover
Very Good, light wear to cover edges. Smithsonian Inst, 1998, 191 pages
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