LENORE TAWNEY MIRROR OF THE UNIVERSE by Karen Patterson (2019, HC) LN

Description: LENORE TAWNEY MIRROR OF THE UNIVERSE by Karen Patterson (2019, HC) LN Hardcover Book in Like New Condition. Binding crackles but is tight and intact. FC illustrated cover and back cover is clean, like new. Pages clean and bright and free of markings and dogears...some glossy, some linen. Pages filled with FC illustrations of artist's work. Size: 10" x 11.5", 304 pages. Recent years have seen an enormous surge of interest in fiber arts, with works made of thread on display in art museums around the world. But this art form only began to transcend its origins as a humble craft in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and it wasn’t until the 1950s and 1960s that artists used the fiber arts to build critical practices that challenged the definitions of painting, drawing, and sculpture. One of those artists was Lenore Tawney (1907–2007). Raised and trained in Chicago before she moved to New York, Tawney had a storied career. She was known for employing an ancient Peruvian gauze weave technique to create a painterly effect that appeared to float in space rather than cling to the wall, as well as for being one of the first artists to blend sculptural techniques with weaving practices and, in the process, pioneered a new direction in fiber art. Despite her prominence on the New York art scene, however, she has only recently begun to receive her due from the greater art world. Accompanying a retrospective at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, this catalog features a comprehensive biography of Tawney, additional essays on her work, and two hundred full-color illustrations, making it of interest to contemporary artists, art historians, and the growing audience for fiber art.Copublished with the John Michael Kohler Arts Center.

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