{"product_id":"textiles-community-and-controversy-jools-gilson-9781350027527","title":"Textiles, Community and Controversy: The Knitting Map","description":"\u003cp\u003eTaking a major textile artwork, \u003ci\u003eThe Knitting Map\u003c\/i\u003e, as a central case study, this book interrogates the social, philosophical and critical issues surrounding contemporary textile art today. It examines the multiple and often contradictory meanings within contemporary textile artworks, and the process of making them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCreated by more than 2,500 knitters from 22 different countries, who were mostly working-class women, T\u003ci\u003ehe Knitting Map\u003c\/i\u003e became the subject of national controversy in Ireland. Exploring the creation of this multi-modal artwork as a key moment in Irish art history, \u003ci\u003eTextiles, Community and Controversy\u003c\/i\u003e locates the work within a context of feminist arts practice, including the work of Judy Chicago, Faith Ringold and the Guerilla Girls. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBringing together leading art critics and textile scholars, including Lucy Lippard, Jessica Hemmings and Joanne Turney, the collection explores key issues in textile practice from gender, class and nation to technology and performance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jools Gilson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350027529\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350027527\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Visual Arts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/24\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 7.40w x 0.60d","brand":"Jools Gilson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48065511653631,"sku":"9781350027527","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_df727686-313e-46ec-87a5-5dc04ca409af.jpg?v=1768675446","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/textiles-community-and-controversy-jools-gilson-9781350027527","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}