The Fine Art of Wood: The Bohlen Collection
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Book Description
With more than 130 works created during the past decade, The Fine Art of Wood celebrates a pivotal artistic breakthrough: artists working in wood now claim the same freedom of expression long enjoyed by ceramists and glass artists. These innovative new pieces, which feature strikingly handsome shapes, unusual finishes, and woods from every corner of the world, have been beautifully photographed and reproduced here in conjunction with an upcoming exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
The book's intelligent introduction also breaks new ground, tracing the evolution of these works away from traditional crafts and putting them in the aesthetic context of the fine arts by persuasively linking them to such recent movements as Pop art and Minimalism. An extensive catalog section spotlights the visual pleasures of the works themselves, by artists ranging from David Ellsworth, Ron Kent, and Mark Lindquist to Rude Osolnick and Bob Stocksdale.
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A showcase of contemporary creations in wood by nearly 100 international artists.
The Fine Art of Wood: The Bohlen Collection
The Fine Art of Wood: The Bohlen Collection,Bonita Fike,Mike Mendelson,Detroit Institute of Arts,Abbeville Press,0789206803,20th century,Art,Art & Art Instruction,Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General,Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - Museum,Collectors and collecting,Detroit,Exhibition Catalogs,Exhibitions,History,Michigan,Sculpture,Turning,Wood-carving,Art collections,Bohlen, Robert,Decorative arts & crafts,Exhibition catalogues and specific collections,Sculpture & other three-dimensional art forms,Woodworking
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