Lenore Tawney [Hardcover]

American Craft Museum (Author)

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Textile artist Lenore Tawney's weavings range from intimately fragile to powerfully majestic. Her Cloud series of freely hanging linen and canvas filaments evoke cosmic waterfalls. In the 1950s and '60s this Ohio-born artist, who studied in Chicago with Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, helped revolutionize fiber art with her open-warp weavings, gauze-weave experiments and "fiber sculpture." Her later collages, with motifs of flags, postcards, feathers or shells, are hybrid fusions of found object and invented artifact. Her secret-laden box constructions preserving miniature items bear comparison with those of Joseph Cornell. In this catalogue of a traveling exhibition, Mangan, an independent curator, teams with other craft and textile specialists to decipher the visual poetry of a weaver whose sources of inspiration range from Amerindian baskets to Taoist symbols.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Rizzoli (April 15, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0847811689
• ISBN-13: 978-0847811687
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,502,168 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring Read!, June 30, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Lenore Tawney (Hardcover)

This book is indeed quite inspiring and breathtaking - as an artist myself, I am drawn to the way that this book discusses the wonderful Lenore Tawney's art and also provides excellent examples of her art work. I also treasure this book for its clarity of presentation; it is indeed a rare find. I was fortunate to have actually seen the amazing travelling retrospective show (1990) : and this book provides the next best thing!

5.0 out of 5 stars Contents, January 1, 2010

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This review is from: Lenore Tawney (Hardcover)

Published in conjunction with the exhibition "Lenore Tawney : A Retrospective." "Lenore Tawney has long been acknowledged as a pioneer in the transformation of contemporary fiber art. With this exhibition, the first comprehensive retrospective of Tawney's fiber, collage, and assemblage, the American Craft Museum both honors the artist and reaffirms the significance of her contribution, not only to the craft continuum but to the history of late twentieth-century art. Through the illustrations of her work, entries from her personal journals, and four thoughtful and cogent essays, the catalogue establishes a chronology of Tawney's life, considers its impact, and conveys the remarkable spirit of this American pioneer." - from the dust jacket

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent retrospective!, June 30, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Lenore Tawney (Hardcover)

A truly inspiring collection of work by this legendary fiber artist!
An opportunity to see first hand the depth and breadth of Lenore Tawney's artistry, craft and vision