“Craftsmen in the Factory of Images”
A catalogue essay for the exhibition BoysCraft
Haifa Museum of Art
November 2007 – March 2008
Catalogue (designed by Koby Barchad and Noa Shwartz): 188 pages, English/Hebrew, 41 artist texts, color plates
BoysCraft focused on the manual and labor-intensive aspects of art-making, and on the use of handicraft traditions in contemporary art. This exhibition centered upon the sensory experience of excess, materiality and multiple details, and brought together works by local and international male artists who share an interest in traditional handicrafts formerly identified with the domain of “women’s work,” with “folk” art or with applied art.
“Craftsmen in the Factory of Images”
A catalogue essay for the exhibition BoysCraft
Haifa Museum of Art
November 2007 – March 2008
Catalogue (designed by Koby Barchad and Noa Shwartz): 188 pages, English/Hebrew, 41 artist texts, color plates
BoysCraft focused on the manual and labor-intensive aspects of art-making, and on the use of handicraft traditions in contemporary art. This exhibition centered upon the sensory experience of excess, materiality and multiple details, and brought together works by local and international male artists who share an interest in traditional handicrafts formerly identified with the domain of “women’s work,” with “folk” art or with applied art.
avaf, Butch Queen 4, 2005, wallpaper installation / Edna Ohana, Banahut, 2007, wax
