The Object of Labor
Art, Cloth, and Cultural Production
- Hardcover
422 pages
- Release Date
18 May 2007
Summary
Essays and artists’ projects explore the ubiquity of cloth in everyday life and the effect of globalization on art and labor; with more than 100 color images.The Object of Labor explores the personal, political, social, and economic meaning of work in the context of art and textile production. The ubiquity of cloth in everyday life, the historically resonant relationship of textile and cloth to labor, and the tumultuous drive of globalization make the issues raised by this pubication of speci…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262122900 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262122901 |
| Author: | Joan Livingstone, John Ploof |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 422 |
| Release Date: | 18 May 2007 |
| Weight: | 1.61kg |
| Dimensions: | 238mm x 187mm x 38mm |
| Series: | The Object of Labor |
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About The Author
Joan Livingstone
Joan Livingstone is an artist, Chair of the Undergraduate Division, and Professor in the Department of Fiber and Material Studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work is in the permanent collections of museums including the Detroit Institute of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.John Ploof is an artist and Chair of the Department of Art Education at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He works with his urban neighbors in Chicago on participatory public projects. As a member of the internationally acclaimed artists’ collective Haha, his work has been shown at the Aperto, XLV Venice Biennale; Grimaldi Forum, Monaco; MASS MoCA; The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.
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