Documents on Contemporary Crafts 1-5

Book / Arnoldsche CriticalThinking Curating Education Essays Collecting AndréGalí

Published: 15.04.2020

Editor:: André Gali, Hege Henriksen, Norwegian Crafts

Edited by:: Arnoldsche Art Publishers

Edited at:: Stuttgart

Edited on:: 2019

Technical data:: 616 pp. (5 volumes plus booklet) each 12.5 x 21 cm, brochure with flaps. English.

ISBN / ISSN:: 978-3-89790-580-1

Price:: from 64 €

Order:: Website Arnoldsche Art Publishers
Order:: 20% Discount for Klimt02 members

Appearance of the box set. Photo by Kaja Bruskeland.

Documents on Contemporary Crafts is a book series published by Norwegian Crafts in collaboration with arnoldsche Art Publishers. The series provides a critical reflection of contemporary crafts in a wider context and in doing so asks questions about the ties between contemporary craft, fine art and design, thus helping to redefine the concept of crafts as such.

Box-set with 5 volumes:

Education, learning, and skills in the book no. 1: Museum for Skills.
Materiality, making, and technology in the book no. 2: Materiality Matters.
Curating, exhibition-making in the book no. 3: Crafting Exhibitions.
Private, personal and museum collecting in the book no. 4 On Collecting.
Aesthetics, philosophy, and epistemology in the book no. 5 Material Perceptions.

Contributors:
Glenn Adamson ∣ Liesbeth den Besten ∣ Erling Moestue Bugge ∣ Knut Astrup Bull ∣ Joakim Borda-Pedreira ∣ Dennis Dahlqvist ∣ Paul Derrez ∣ Michael Eden ∣ Per Gunnar Eeg-Tverbakk ∣ Neil Forrest ∣ André Gali ∣ Sarah R. Gilbert ∣ Line Halvorsen ∣ Tanya Harrod ∣ Jessica Hemmings ∣ Trude Schjelderup Iversen ∣ Ann Jones ∣ Søren Kjørup ∣ Roger L. Kneebone ∣ Stephen Knott ∣ Gunnar B. Kvaran ∣ Maria Lind ∣ Anders Ljungberg ∣ Knut Ljøgodt ∣ Trevor H. J. Marchand ∣ Martina Margetts ∣ Iain McGilchrist ∣ Nanna Melland ∣ Hilde Methi ∣ Jørn Mortensen ∣ Yuka Oyama ∣ Anthony Shaw ∣ Petter Snare ∣ Gjertrud Steinsvåg ∣ Jorunn Veiteberg ∣ Margaret Wasz ∣ Trine Wester ∣ Anne Britt Ylvisåker ∣ Marianne Zamecznik

The books and box have been designed by Yokoland, a prize-winning design company in Oslo, Norway.

Technical details:
Volume 1: Museum for Skills, 88 pages, 4 ills.
Volume 2: Materiality Matters, 80 pages, 39 ills.
Volume 3: Crafting Exhibitions, 112 pages, 39 ills.
Volume 4: On Collecting, 136 pages, 33 ills.
Volume 5: Material Perceptions, 184 pages, 45 ills.

About Norwegian Crafts:
Norwegian Crafts is a non-profit organisation founded by the Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts in 2012. Norwegian Crafts initiates and produces exhibitions in collaboration with Norwegian and international institutions, curators and artists. The aim is to strengthen the position of contemporary craft from Norway internationally, contribute to the development of the artists’ careers and stimulate further exchange across national borders in the field of crafts.