Mary Walker Phillips: The Art of Knitting
2015; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 8; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/17496772.2015.1054702
ISSN1749-6780
Autores Tópico(s)Art, Politics, and Modernism
ResumoMary Walker Phillips (1923–2007) was among a postwar generation of artists trained in the use of craft materials and techniques, including textiles, ceramics, glass, wood, and metals, at a handful of progressive art schools forged on European models. At Cranbrook Academy of Art, Phillips and her peers at midcentury bridged industrial design and studio craft to create beautiful, affordable, well-designed products and works of art that defined American interiors and contemporary lifestyles. Drawing upon research for my MA thesis, Mary Walker Phillips: “Creative Knitting” and the Cranbook Experience, I document Mary Walker Phillips’ foray into knitting as creative medium. Starting in 1964 with the 13th Milan Triennale, Phillips’ abstract knitted wall hangings, cushions, blankets, and lampshades were featured in notable exhibitions of art, craft, and interior design. A resident of New York and California, Phillips’ ground-breaking work in knitting in the 1960s reflects the visual legacy of Abstract Expressionism, and of bi-coastal, urban, and international influences on American modernism and studio craft.
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