Skin Crafts: Affect, Violence and Materiality in Global Contemporary Art eBook

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Skin Crafts
Affect, Violence and Materiality in Global Contemporary Art
Skin Crafts discusses multiple artists from global contexts who employ craft materials in works that address historical and contemporary violence. These artists are deliberately embracing the fragility of textiles and ceramics to evoke the vulnerability of human skin and – in so doing – are demanding visceral responses from viewers. Drawing on a range of theories including affect theory, material feminism, skin studies, phenomenology and global art history, the book illuminates the various ways in which artists are harnessing the affective power of craft materials to address and cope with violence. Artists from Mexico, Africa, China, the Netherlands and Indigenous artists based in the unceded territory known as Canada are examined in relation to one another to illuminate the connections and differences across their bodies of work. Skin Crafts interrogates ongoing material violence towards women and marginalized others, and demonstrates the power of contemporary art to force viewers and scholars into facing their ethical responsibilities as human beings.

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9781350290464

Skin Crafts: Affect, Violence and Materiality in Global Contemporary Art 1st Edition is written by Julia Skelly and published by Bloomsbury Visual Arts. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Skin Crafts are 9781350122970, 1350122971 and the print ISBNs are 9781350122956, 1350122955. Additional ISBNs for this eTextbook include 9781350290464.