The Poetics of Art-Fabric: Yehudit Katz

The Poetics of Art-Fabric : Yehudit Katz The 32 nd Annual Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show , November 2008 Using crafts and weaving , activities traditionally associated with women , to create contemporary artworks , is not new . Already in the 1960 s and 1970 s feminist artists such as Judy Chicago , Hannah Wilke , and Eva Hesse , drew heavily on what traditionally was considered " women ' s work , " thus helping to dissolve accepted boundaries that used to designate art , craft , design , and photography to different departments , a division that has fragmented the world of art between the aesthetic , the decorative , and the functional . Thus it was not a great surprise that Yehudit Katz's art-fabric works won the "Best of Israel " prize at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show in November 2008 . How can one define Yehudit Katz's three-dimensional art-fabric works ? Although some of her work may also be functional , such as the transparent basket-like containers , or shimme...  אל הספר
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