CH 11 FLIRTING W/FUNCTION

• Where is the dividing line between a“craft” and “fine art”?

• Can a utilitarian, hand-made or machinemade, object be considered Fine Art?

• Which object would be moreexpensive?

• Which might be shown in a museum?

CLAYCERAMICS

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Peter Voulkos. Untitled Plate CR952. 1989.20-1/2" × 4-1/2".

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Adrian Saxe. Les Rois du Monde Futur (Rulers of the Future World). 2004. 26-1/4" × 13-1/4" × 10".

WHAT ARE THE LITTLE THINGSON TOP?

WHEEL THROWN POTTERY

CLAY IS FIRED IN A KILNto make it durable.

(Otherwise if it gets wet, it goes back to being mud/earth)

EARLY AMERICAN INDIAN KILN

TYPICAL MODERN PRODUCTION KILN

LAYING CERAMICFLOOR TILES

GLASS

BELLAGIOHOTEL,LAS VEGASChilhuly’s glass

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Chihuly glass in a boat

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Dale Chihuly. Mauve Seaform Set with Black Lip Wraps from the "Seaforms"Series. 1985.

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Adam Silverman Boolean Valley. 2009.Maximum height 24".

FIBERBACK-STRAP WEAVING IN MESOAMERICA

GUATEMALA WOVEN CLOTHING

WEAVING INAFRICA

Kente cloth is a type of silk and cotton fabricmade of interwoven cloth strips and is native tothe people of Ghana.

PERSIAN RUG WEAVING

ARDABIL CARPETas installed in the

Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Eng.34’ X 17’6”, wool on silk warps & wefts

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Nick Cave. Soundsuit. 2009.Height 7'.

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Jessie Pettway. Bars and String-Piece Columns. 1950s.95" × 76".

An “arty” take offof the traditional quilt.

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Faith Ringgold. Tar Beach. 1988.74" × 69".

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Faith Ringgold. With detail of The Purple Quilt. 1986.

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Polly Apfelbaum. Blossom. 2000.Diameter 18'.

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Miriam Schapiro. Personal Appearance #3. 1973.60" × 50".

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The medium is acrylic paint & fabric on canvas.If it was quilted, soft material would it be ART?

In the 1970swomen artists werepurposely using“feminine” media.

METAL

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Cal Lane. Untitled (Map 3). 2007.78-1/2" × 71-3/4".

PLASMA CUT STEEL

Cal Lane, sculptor

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d’Arenberg Basin. 1247–1249.22.5 × 50.0 cm.

WOOD

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Henry Gilpin. Curiously Red. 2006.36" × 74" × 16", elm, pigment, magnets

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Maya Lin. Terra Table. 2009, red maple

• is it art?