Gyöngy Laky
Screwing with Order
Rhonda Brown editor Tom Grotta editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Arnoldsche
Published:13th Jun '22
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Renowned American textile artist and sculptor Gyöngy Laky (b. 1944) was once described as a 'wood whisperer'. Her highly individual, puzzle-like assemblages of timber and textiles helped to significantly propel the growth of the contemporary fiber-arts movement. Laky’s art traverses an extraordinary personal story: Born amid the bombings of World War II, she escaped from post-war, Soviet-dominated Hungary; was sponsored by a family in Ohio, went to grade school in Oklahoma, and went on to study at the University of California, Berkeley. She followed this by founding the Fiberworks Center for Textile Arts in the 1970s and fostering innovations as a professor at the University of California, Davis. This book provides insight into her studio practice, activism, and teaching philosophy, which champions sustainable art and design, original thinking, and the value of the unexpected.
ISBN: 9783897906549
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 2056g
328 pages