
Unpacking the Collection
Selections from the Museum of Contemporary Craft
Anjali Gupta(Editor)
Museum of Contemporary Craft (Publisher)
Published on 15. April 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
136 pages
978-0-9728981-3-3 (ISBN)
Description
Founded in Portland, Oregon, in 1937, the Museum is one of the oldest organizations dedicated to craft in the United States. This book presents a selection of works from the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Craft. The first publication to document the Museum's collection and its connections to dramatic changes in artistic practice over the past 70 years, Unpacking the Collection introduces this vital regional center for craft through photographs of work, essays, texts, archival photographs, decade-by-decade accounts of the institution's links to modern craft history and an abbreviated exhibition chronology. The book also reveals connections between the collection and the Museum's exhibition history, links between craft and visual culture, and the importance of recognizing regional specificity and identity in the age of globalization.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Portland
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
158 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 239 mm
Width: 188 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-9728981-3-3 (9780972898133)
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