Material Difference: Soft Sculpture and Wall Works

The 144 plates in this collection display sculptures employing textile arts or other unusual materials including beads, zippered wood, burlap, and cantaloupe skins. Chicago-based critic and curator Ullrich offers text discussing the evolution of alternative material sculpture and the significance in art's history as well as the unifying features of the works displayed. Published by Friends of Fiber Art International, distributed by University of Washington Press. Annotation 穢2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)