Exhibiting Craft and Design
Author | : Alla Myzelev |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 335 |
Release | : 2017-06-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781351724920 |
ISBN-13 | : 1351724924 |
Rating | : 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Download or read book Exhibiting Craft and Design written by Alla Myzelev and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-06-14 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exhibiting Craft and Design: Transgressing the White Cube Paradigm, 1930–present investigates the ways that craft and design objects were collected, displayed, and interpreted throughout the second half of the twentieth century and in recent years. The case studies discussed in this volume explain the notion the neutral display space had worked with, challenged, distorted, or assisted in conveying the ideas of the exhibitions in question. In various ways the essays included in this volume analyse and investigate strategies to facilitate interaction amongst craft and design objects, their audiences, exhibiting bodies, and the makers. Using both historical examples from the middle of the twentieth century and contemporary trends, the authors create a dialogue that investigates the different uses of and challenges to the White Cube paradigm of space organization.