Grounding, Advocating, and Experimenting with Craft: What I Learned From "AGENCY: Craft in Chicago from the 1970s–80s and Beyond" - Sixty Inches From Center
When I spoke with Curator Adrienne Kochman of AGENCY: Craft in Chicago from the 1970s–80s and Beyond at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, she half-jokingly, half-genuinely told me that this exhibition came from frustration. I knew exactly what she meant. During that time, craft was seen as somewhat of a secondary citizen in the contemporary art world. Even the phrase “arts and crafts” suggests that craft is placed on a lower level, inferring that craft is not the same as “art.” Self-taught...
