raw: craft, commodity, and capitalism

Matter and material, matter as material

This is a fully illustrated catalog produced to accompany the exhibition of the same name. It includes essay contributions by Alicia Ory DeNicola, Risa Puleo, and Namita Gupta Wiggers plus a foreword by Craft Contemporary Director, Suzanne Isken, and an introduction by Craft Contemporary Curator, Holly Jerger, along with artist biographies and exhibition images.

RAW: Craft, Commodity, and Capitalism was a thematic exhibition that was on view from September 29, 2019, to January 5, 2020, presented by Craft Contemporary. It featured nine contemporary artists who work with commodities as their materials to construct works that reflect upon the history of colonialism, slavery, and globalization. The artists featured were Charmaine Bee, Atul Bhalla, Sonya Clark, Raksha Parekh, Jovencio de la Paz, Ignacio Perez Meruane, Amor Muñoz, Juana Valdes, and Ken + Julia Yonetani.

Softcover, perfect-bound, 6.5 inches x 9 inches, 126 pages, Craft Contemporary, 2019. Printed at Typecraft in Pasadena, California. Edition of 100.