New Women's Work

A celebration of 'womens work', this book features contemporary artists from around the globe who are transforming what it means to make craft. Womens work has historically been relegated to the domestic, absent from galleries and discussions of art. From cross-stitching and quilts to baskets and decorative ceramics, women have spent centuries creating masterful crafts without recognition from the historians and institutions that determine whose names are remembered and whose work is celebrated. This book explores these art forms, focusing on ten areas traditionally labelled as feminine. Featuring 38 contemporary artists from around the world, Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy examines the traditions these artists work with and the boundaries theyre breaking. Through stories of family, migration, gender, and it means to be a craftsperson, this book explores the future of the feminine in the arts.