January 23, 2015

Crafting a Continuum:

Rethinking Contemporary Craft

January 23 - April 18, 2015

Including over 60 three-dimensional objects from the Arizona State University Art Museum's permanent collection and recent acquisitions, as well as works by many of the major and emerging figures in contemporary crafts, this exhibition and its accompanying catalog provide an international perspective on modern and contemporary crafts highlighting innovative experimentation with this ancient medium. Crafting a Continuum: Rethinking Contemporary Craft is organized by the Arizona State University Art Museum and Ceramics Research Center, Tempe, Arizona, and curated by Associate Director and Senior Curator Heather Sealy Lineberry and Curator of Ceramics Peter Held with assistance from Windgate Curatorial Fellow Elizabeth Kozlowski.

Three Geometric sculptures in a wooden box
A forest scene of wolves, birds, and elk
An exhibition room with "W Man" in the back
An industrial style structure
A cactus in a pot with an American and Mexican flag on one of the segments
A tea set with bumpy textured dishes
A white rabbit laying on it's side
A blue and white platter
Red string wrapping around bubble structures of the sculpture
A desert landscape with a chain-link pattern overlaid
An exhibition room with multiple sculptures and art pieces on display
An exhibition wall with a man sculpture of a man on the wall
A pink stool with an art piece on top
A sculpture with alcoves holding a variety of fruit, human, and animal figures
Pieces of strip tied to curvy cylindrical shapes
An oblong shape made with bending wood pieces
A table frame holding a box with a circle cut out of the middle
A white abstract sculpture composition
A full human suit with connecting head covering, gloves, and socks
Little black combs hanging in columns

A comic book cover with cowboys
Mark Newport
Two-Gun Kid
2006
Embroidered comic book cover
11x7 in.
Photo credit: Craig Smith
Loan courtesy of Arizona State University Art Museum
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