Textiles, Community and Controversy - The Knitting Map (Paperback)

Taking a major textile artwork, The Knitting Map, as a central case study, this book interrogates the social, philosophical and critical issues surrounding contemporary textile art today. It explores gestures of community and controversy manifest in contemporary textile art practices, as both process and object. Created by more than 2,000 knitters from 22 different countries, who were mostly working-class women, The Knitting Map became the subject of national controversy in Ireland. Exploring the creation of this multi-modal artwork as a key moment in Irish art history, Textiles, Community and Controversy locates the work within a context of feminist arts practice, including the work of Judy Chicago, Faith Ringold and the Guerilla Girls. Bringing together leading art critics and textile scholars, including Lucy Lippard, Jessica Hemmings and Joanne Turney, the collection explores key issues in textile practice from gender, class and nation to technology and performance.

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2019
Editors:	Jools Gilson • Nicola Moffat
Dimensions:	246 x 189 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-1-350-02752-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Textile arts > General Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General
LSN:	1-350-02752-9
Barcode:	9781350027527

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