Surface Tensions: Surface, Finish and the Meaning of Objects by Glenn Adamson (E

Description: Surface Tensions by Glenn Adamson, Victoria Kelley The sixteen essays in this collection explore the surface as a site where complex forces meet, thorugh a wide range of subjects including avante garde fashion, the faking of antiques, postmodern architecture and design, and film costume. The book provides insights into the whole lifecycle of objects, not just their condition when new. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Surfaces are often held to be of lesser consequence than deeper or more substantive aspects of artworks and objects. Yet it is also possible to conceive of the surface in more positive terms: as a site where complex forces meet. Surfaces can be theorized as membranes, protective shells, sensitive skins, even thicknesses in their own right. The surface is not so much a barrier to content as an opportunity for encounter: in new objects, the surface is the site of qualities of finish, texture, the site of tactile interaction, the last point of contact between object and maker, and the first point of contact between object and user.Surface tensions includes sixteen essays that explore this theoretically uncharted terrain. The subjects range widely: domestic maintenance; avant-garde fashion; the faking of antiques; postmodern architecture and design; contemporary film costume. Of particular emphasis within the volume are textiles, which are among the most complex and culturally rich materialisations of surface. As a whole, the book provides insights into the whole lifecycle of objects, not just their condition when new. -- . Flap Surfaces are often held to be of lesser consequence than deeper or more substantive aspects of artworks and objects. Yet it is also possible to conceive of the surface in more positive terms: as a site where complex forces meet. Surfaces can be theorized as membranes, protective shells, sensitive skins, even thicknesses in their own right. The surface is not so much a barrier to content as an opportunity for encounter. Surface tensions includes sixteen essays that explore this theoretically uncharted terrain. The subjects range widely: domestic maintenance; avant-garde fashion; the faking of antiques; postmodern architecture and design; contemporary film costume. Of particular emphasis within the volume are textiles, which are among the most complex and culturally rich materializations of surface. As a whole, the book provides insights into the whole lifecycle of objects, not just their condition when new. The contents will be of interest to any practitioner or scholar who considers the surface within their work, whether from the perspective of fine art, craft, design, history or anthropology. Author Biography Glenn Adamson is Head of Research at the Victoria and Albert MuseumVictoria Kelley is Reader in Design and Material Culture History at University for the Creative Arts, and teaches in the School of Fashion and Textile Design, Central Saint Saint Martins College of Art and Design Table of Contents Glenn Adamson and Victoria Kelley: Introduction1. Victoria Kelley: A superficial guide to the deeper meanings of surface2. Lesley Millar: Surface and practiceTime, work3. Christine Guth: Layering: materiality, time and touch in Japanese lacquer4. Manuel Charpy: Patina and the bourgeoisie: the appearance of the past in nineteenth-century Paris5. Myriem Naji: A falsification of temporality: carpet distressing in Morocco6. Margaret Ponsonby: Textiles and time: conservation and public response 7. Victor Buchli: Surface engagements at AstanaTextiles, skin8. Mary Brooks: No less dangerous to use than that of a Basilisk: skin and seventeenth century English embroideries9. Charlotte Nicklas: Colour, language and light in mid-nineteenth century womens fashion10. Rebecca Arnold: Wifedressing: designing femininity in 1950s American fashion 11. Sarah Gilligan: Long coats, flowing fabrics: fashioning masculinity and desire in film and television12. Ulrich Lehmann: Surface as material, material into surface: dialectic in C.C.P.Depth, im/permeability13. Alice Barnaby: Surface recognition: light and reflection in mid nineteenth-century drawing rooms 14. Stephen Knott: A theory of the paint-by-number surface15. Steve Brown: The materiality of print16. Glenn Adamson: Substance abuse: the postmodern surfaceIndex Promotional The sixteen essays in this collection explore the surface as a site where complex forces meet, thorugh a wide range of subjects including avante garde fashion, the faking of antiques, postmodern architecture and design, and film costume. Long Description Surfaces are often held to be of lesser consequence than deeper or more substantive aspects of artworks and objects. Yet it is also possible to conceive of the surface in more positive terms: as a site where complex forces meet. Surfaces can be theorized as membranes, protective shells, sensitive skins, even thicknesses in their own right. The surface is not so much a barrier to content as an opportunity for encounter: in new objects, the surface is the site of qualities of finish, texture, the site of tactile interaction, the last point of contact between object and maker, and the first point of contact between object and user.Surface tensions includes sixteen essays that explore this theoretically uncharted terrain. The subjects range widely: domestic maintenance; avant-garde fashion; the faking of antiques; postmodern architecture and design; contemporary film costume. Of particular emphasis within the volume are textiles, which are among the most complex and culturally rich materialisations of surface. As a whole, the book provides insights into the whole lifecycle of objects, not just their condition when new. -- . Description for Sales People Opens a new area of study within design history, studio practice and material cultureTakes a cross disciplinary approach, combining insights from history, theory and practiceDiscusses the whole life-cycle of objects, not just their state when newly madeIntegrates visual analysis with an understanding of lived experience Details ISBN0719087511 Publisher Manchester University Press Year 2013 ISBN-10 0719087511 ISBN-13 9780719087516 Format Hardcover Imprint Manchester University Press Subtitle Surface, Finish and the Meaning of Objects Place of Publication Manchester Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Victoria Kelley Short Title SURFACE TENSIONS Language English Media Book DEWEY 745.201 Author Victoria Kelley Illustrations Halftones, black & white|Illustrations, colour Series Studies in Design and Material Culture Pages 232 Publication Date 2013-11-30 UK Release Date 2013-11-30 NZ Release Date 2013-11-30 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2013-12-01 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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