Sheila Hicks: 50 Years (Addison Gallery of American Art) Joan Simon, Susan C. Faxon

Sheila Hicks (born 1934) is a pioneering artist noted for objects and public commissions whose structures are built of color and fiber. ThisA volume accompanies the first major retrospective of Hicksa??s work; it documents the remarkable versatility and dramatically divergent scale of her textiles as well as her distinctive use, and surprising range, of materials. Hicks deliberately and provocatively engages what are often considered mutually exclusive domains, rethinking and pushing the limits of generally accepted contexts, conditions, and frameworks. These include distinct objects and temporal, performative actions; studio works and commissions for public buildings; and textiles made in artisanal workshops as well as for industrial production in places as different as Chile, France, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Sweden, and the United States. A Three essaysA analyze the progression of Hicksa??s art and technique and her many modes of working. Among other topics, they examine the artista??s relationship to the ?expanded fieldsa?? of the ?new sculpturea?? and the ?new tapestrya?? beginning in the 1960s, the reclamation of craft as subject and technique for artists in many media, the integrated influences of international cultures, and the aesthetic, pedagogical, conceptual, and historical framework from which Hicksa??s work has developed. This publication reveals the full extent of Hicksa??s work, from exquisite miniature weavings to major sculptural pieces to such large-scale commissions as The Four Seasons of Fuji. Exquisitely designed and lavishly illustrated, this book demonstrates that Hicksa??s pioneering work with textiles has embraced yet reinvented tradition, successfully navigating the terrain between art, design, and architecture. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Sheila Hicks: 50 Years (Addison Gallery of American Art) (Susan C. Faxon, Joan Simon)