Categorii: Diverse
Limba: Engleza
Data publicării: 2019
Editura: Thames & Hudson
Tip copertă: Paperback
Nr Pag: 368
ISBN: 9780500295458
Dimensiuni: l: 22cm | H: 28cm
A celebration of embroidery in contemporary art, illustrating the myriad ways it has been embraced as a form of creative expression
Showcasing over 80 international artists who incorporate embroidery into their practice, this book provides a survey of embroidery in contemporary art, illustrating the huge range of ways in which the craft has been embraced as a form of creative expression. Some artists evoke a kind of nostalgia, rediscovering skills that have fallen from fashion or promoting the value of ancient handicrafts in an industrialized world of mass-production. Others push boundaries by using embroidery on photographs, poetic installations, embroidered reproductions of everyday objects, or by using it to tackle political, personal or transgressive themes.
Threads is a captivating exploration of their creative journeys, their influences, the technical challenges they face and the message they wish to convey.