Sheila Hicks : Weaving as Metaphor : Woven and wrought Works by American Artist

Sheila Hicks : Weaving as Metaphor

Edited by Arthur C. Danto; Joan Simon ; Levine Nina Stritzler

Published by Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2018. First Edition. Hardback, thick 8vo, cloth binding, 416 pages, 125 illustrations, 100 in colour. Page edges are textured.

CONDITION
A very good copy. The cloth binding is good, endpapers good, all contents present and pages very clean throughout. Overall a very good copy.

ABOUT THIS BOOK
This intriguing book examines the small woven and wrought works artist Sheila Hicks has produced for the past fifty years. With their distinctive colors, thoughtful compositions, and narrative, these miniature creations reveal the emergence and continuity of the artist's approach to her work. Internationally recognized for her mastery of a textile vocabulary of extremely different scales-sculpture, tapestry, site specific commissions for public spaces, environments of recuperated clothing and uniforms, and more-Hicks has thoughtfully crafted miniatures throughout her nomadic career. The palm-sized works present a record of her remarkable and personal journeys.

Focusing on some one hundred miniatures from public and private collections, the book demonstrates the breadth of Hicks's concerns: her persistent inquiry into the mysteries of color, her playful yet reverential subversions of weaving traditions, her surprising range of materials, and her exploration of new technology. From initial experiments based on pre-Columbian weaving structures to a 2005 sculptural project using ninety colors of synthetic filaments, these small works offer a unique opportunity to access and examine the artist's conceptual and technical forays. The volume includes informative essays by Arthur C. Danto, Joan Simon, and Nina Stritzler-Levine as well as illustrations of the artist's working tools, related drawings, photographs, and chronology.

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