Issue No. 223, March/April
MAD’s Dead or Alive exhibition showcases contemporary artists working in a slew of unusual, natural materials. But, asks Zoë Blackler, is it craft?
In an era increasingly concerned with protecting intellectual property rights,Glenn Adamson writes in praise of the hand-crafted copy, while Corinne Julius asks if design’s relationship with craft isn’t becoming a little one-sided. Made up of Sarah van Gameren and Tim Simpson, young design team Studio Glithero are fed up with consumerism, Teleri Lloyd-Jones hears how they’re making machines instead. And as the V&A’s major show opens, curator Sue Prichard traces the rise, decline and current interest from contemporary artists and makers in the traditional quilt.
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Features
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The Natural Order
MAD’s Dead or Alive exhibition showcases a group of contemporary artists using a palette of bizarre materials. But is it craft? Zoë Blackler investigates
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Performance related play
Disillusioned with consumerism, Sarah van Gameren and Tim Simpson have chosen a different path, Teleri Lloyd-Jones investigates
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Reviews
Read moreInscription
Released: 4 February 2010
Inscription: drawing, making, thinking
Jerwood Space 171 Union Street London SE1 OLN.
13 January 2010 – 21 February 2010.
Review by Alison Britton
Read moreTaking Time
Released: 5 January 2010
Taking Time: Craft and the Slow Revolution
The Waterhall, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
17 October – 4 January 2010 (then touring)
Reviewed by Emma Crichton-Miller
Read moreThe Manchester Indian
Released: 5 January 2010
The Manchester Indian – Thomas Wardle and India
The Whitworth Art Gallery, The University of Manchester
15 August 2009 – July 2010
Reviewed by Lesley Jackson
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From the archive: John Houston explains why craft is a middle-class art; Where Lego meets hacking; Mint’s Lina Kanafani on the things that inspire her, from Droog to Marcel Breuer.
And finally, Tanya Harrod thinks aloud on Robin Wood and the Heritage Crafts Association.
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