Sheila Hicks (born 1934) is a pioneering artist noted for objects and public commissions whose structures are built of color and fiber. This volume accompanies the first major retrospective of Hicks'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, ...
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Sheila Hicks (born 1934) is a pioneering artist noted for objects and public commissions whose structures are built of color and fiber. This volume accompanies the first major retrospective of Hicks'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. Three essays analyze the progression of Hicks's art and technique and her many modes of working. Among other topics, they examine the artist's relationship to the "expanded fields" of the "new sculpture" and the "new tapestry" 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 Hicks's work has developed. This publication reveals the full extent of Hicks'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 Hicks's pioneering work with textiles has embraced yet reinvented tradition, successfully navigating the terrain between art, design, and architecture.
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New in new jacket. Sheila Hicks: 50 Years is the catalog for an extensive show of her work at the Addison Galleery. Text by Susan C. Faxon and Joan Simon. 256 pages, HHardcover with dustjacket. 10" x 12 1/8". New in original shrink wrap.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 256 pages. Hardcover exhibition catalogue, bound in illustrated paper covered boards and wrapped in an illustrated paper dustjacket. There is a bump to the upper edge of the front cover, which also cased a small tear in the dustjacket at that point, although now encased in a Mylar protective cover. Else, the binding is tight, the other edges and corners on the boards are tight, and the interior is clean and free of markings. Published on the occasion of the exhibition held in Andover from November 5, 2010-February 27, 2011; in Philadelphia from March 25-August 7, 2011; and in Charlotte from October 1, 2011-January 29, 2012.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 12x9x1; Yale University Press, 2010; First Printing with full number line. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; pictorial boards in VG condition, corners sharp; photos, illustrations and text also very good. Unclipped dust jacket in VG condition, arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Addison Gallery of American Art and Yale University Press
Published:
2010
Language:
English
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17737437607
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As new in as new jacket. A pristine copy of the catalogue based on the November 2010-February 2011 exhibition at Andover's Addison Gallery of American Art. Tight and Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto, vivid color and crisp black-and-white illustrations thruout.
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New. 0300121644. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--256 pages; 682 illus. --with a bonus offer--
