{"product_id":"the-object-of-labor-art-cloth-and-cultural-production-mit-press","title":"The Object of Labor: Art  Cloth  and Cultural Production (Mit Press)","description":"\u003cp\u003eEssays and artists projects explore the ubiquity of cloth in everyday life and the effect of globalization on art and labor; with more than 100 color images. The Object of Labor explores the personal  political  social  and economic meaning of work in the context of art and textile production. The ubiquity of cloth in everyday life  the historically resonant relationship of textile and cloth to labor  and the tumultuous drive of globalization make the issues raised by this pubication of special interest today. The seventeen essays cover topics ranging from art-making practices to labor history and the effects of globalization as seen through art and labor. The artists projectstwelve striking and beautiful eight-page  full color spreadsconduct parallel investigations into art  cloth  and work.The contributors explore  from historical and personal perspectives  such subjects as the charged history of offshore garment workers; the different systems of production and consumption in factories  homes  studios  and exhibitions; the revelation of class  gender  and sexuality through cloth  costume  and textile images; textile production as commemorative acts in South Africa  the United States  and India; transnationalism  cultural hybridity  and race in the work of individual artists; lost histories of garment production and embroidery; the physical act of art-making as labor; and the value of handmade and \"technologically improved\" objects. Artist projects and portfolios Susie Brandt  Nick Cave  Park Chambers  Lisa Clark  Lia Cook  Ann Hamilton  Kimsooja  Barbara Layne and Sue Rowley  Lara Lepionka  Merrill Mason  Darrel Morris  Pepn Osorio  J. Morgan Puett and Iain Kerr  Karen Reimer  Yinka Shonibare  SubRosa  Christine Tarkowski  Anne Wilson\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44985997426741,"sku":"ByrdShop_0262122901","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780262122900.jpg?v=1770880943","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-object-of-labor-art-cloth-and-cultural-production-mit-press","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}