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• Title:Fiber : sculpture 1960-present / [edited by] Jenelle Porter.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Porter, Jenelle, editor.
  Adamson, Glenn, author. Soft power.
  Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston, Mass.), organizer.
  Wexner Center for the Arts, host institution.
  Des Moines Art Center, host institution.
  
• Published/Created:Munich ; New York : Prestel, 2014.
  

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  • Location: c.1  Temporarily shelved at MAA LIBRARY (IKB) reserve collectionWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: NB1203 .F53 2014
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Soft sculpture--Exhibitions.
  
• Genre/Form:Exhibition catalogs.
  
• Description:256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
  
• Summary:Fiber: Sculpture 1960-present is the first exhibition in over forty years to examine the development of abstraction and dimensionality in fiber art from the mid-twentieth traditional materials, artists working in fiber manipulate gravity, light, color, mass, and transparency to demonstrate the infinite transformations of the material. Early pioneers such as Magdalena Abakanowicz, Sheila Hicks, and Lenore Tawney spearheaded a revolutionary redefinition of fiber in the 1960s and '70s, showcasing radical, nonrepresentational forms. Fiber: Sculture 1960-present features artworks that range from small-scale weavings to immersive environments. This book includes a range of texts on weavings associated with craft to off-loom sculptures aligned with mainstream art movements; a provocative investigation into the notion of softness in art; an examination of fiber art and its historical predecessor, tapestry, in relation to site-specificity; an account of the exhibitions and, finally, a section of concise essays that survey the distinctive contributions of individual practitioners. -- from dust jacket.
  
• Notes:"Published on the occasion of Fiber: Sculpture 1960-present organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston October 1, 2014-January 4, 2015. Exhibition travels to Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, February 7-April 5, 2015; Des Moines Art Center, Iowa, May 8-August 2, 2015."
  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9783791353821
  3791353829
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: Materialists / Jenelle Porter
  Plates
  Soft Power / Glenn Adamson
  Tapestries In Space: An Alternative History Of Site-Specificity / T'Ai Smith
  About 10 Years: From The New Tapestry To Fiber Art / Jenelle Porter.