September 6, 2024 to January 10, 2025
ABOUT
Through nearly 100 objects by 55 visionary makers, the major survey exhibition challenges traditionally understood boundaries between fine art, craft, and design and captures the diversity of individuals propelling handmade processes in compelling new directions. Many of the featured works defy easy categorization, teetering between sculpture and functional furniture and between art objects and beautifully-crafted everyday tools.
Curated by Kellie Riggs and Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy.
September 6, 2024 to January 10, 2025
Objects: USA 2024 celebrates the pathbreaking work of some of today’s most innovative American designers and artists.
ARTISTS
Features
THE PUBLICATION
R & Company’s landmark triennial exhibition and accompanying publication, Objects: USA, returns in 2024, featuring 55 makers from across the United States whose works blur the traditionally understood boundaries of art, design, and craft.
The exhibition’s curators and the book’s authors, Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy and Kellie Riggs, have organized these works into archetypes that engage with makers’ intentions and driving interests rather than categories related to medium, proposing a new conceptual framework for understanding 21st-century objecthood. The book includes a preface by R & Company principals Evan Snyderman and Zesty Meyers, an introduction by curator Glenn Adamson, an essay by the authors, and richly illustrated profiles for each of the featured artists.
Publisher: R & Company and August Editions
Release date: August 2024
Format: Hardcover
Dimensions: 9 x 11”
Pages: 272 pages
ISBN: 978-1-947359-13-0
WITH OUR HANDS
WITH OUR HANDS invites you to join the movement that celebrates the remarkable power of American makers today.
Makers across the country are creating work that inspires, heals, and unites.
WITH OUR HANDS aims to
SPOTLIGHT this rich community
DEEPEN the dialogue about object-making,
HEAL through the handmade arts,
And ENRICH the cultural fabric of America.
We want to show the world what our makers have to offer.
The ask is simple: submit a 15-second video of your hands in-action with the objects you make. Carving, embroidering, blowing, joining, whatever it is you do, show your passion and tell us your vision.
We hope that you’ll discover and connect with others, sharing their stories and catalyzing this maker's movement.
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