Spectacular Craft

물질, 재료의 특성을 연구하여 작가가 표현할 수 있는 것을 가장 자연스럽게 연출하는 일,
인간의 머리란 새로운 것을 끊임없이 창조해내고, 인간의 손이란 그것을 자유자재로 표현해내고,
새로운 디자인 작품이 나올때마다 아직까지도 흥미진진하고 갖고싶은 것이 쏟아져나온다는 게 놀라울 따름이다. 그래서, 그들은 3대가 놀고먹을 수 있겠지,,,

http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1637_outoftheordinary/artists.php
빅토리아&앨버트 미술관
2007.11.13~2008.2.17

Out of the Ordinary: Spectacular Craft brings together the work of eight contemporary artists who place craft at the heart of their practice: Olu Amoda, Catherine Bertola, Annie Cattrell, Susan Collis, Naomi Filmer, Lu Shengzhong, Yoshihiro Suda and Anne Wilson.

Collectively these artists use a diverse range of traditional and new technologies, from carving, sewing, welding to animation and laser etching. Working with exceptional skill and attention to detail, they use ordinary materials - paper, thread, dust and nails - to make works that are both intricate and large in scale.

All the artists are preoccupied with the everyday as a subject. Mundane or familiar things, like a paint splatter on a dust sheet, a human breath or a weed pushing up through a crack, are presented in playful and unexpected ways. Look closely or you might miss them!

Together, these eight artists suggest new directions for the handmade in the 21st century. They have found ways to transform the ordinary into artworks that are truly extraordinary.