{"product_id":"jim-melchert-where-the-boundaries-are-9780982767184","title":"Jim Melchert: Where the Boundaries Are","description":"\u003cb\u003eJim Melchert (1932-2023) is often described as the \"great philosopher of the post-war craft movement.\" This is the first monograph to document Melchert's esteemed and influential career.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book is a long overdue tribute to one of America's great artists, who challenged ceramic traditions of expression, form, and function and helped elevate the medium's acceptance into mainstream contemporary sculpture. It presents an overview of his storied 60 year career, including his work in the 1960's helping elevate ceramics to a contemporary art form. It documents the artists involvement in the California Funk movement, his groundbreaking 1970s performances, his work in conceptual art and showcases the thrilling broken tile works that preoccupied the artist at the end of his long career. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEmbedded in his late tile artwork, we see a philosophical concept that when something is broken, it can be repaired and made stronger and more beautiful. We see in Melchert's tile work a metaphor for life. What lies behind these broken shards in Melchert's mesmerizing works is something remarkable: Optimism. Nothing is beyond repair. These remarkable works are born from the belief that we have the power to bring positive change from our misfortune and contribute to the depth of our shared story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliams, Griff:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eGriff Williams \u003c\/b\u003eis an American painter, filmmaker, author and gallerist. In 1993, he founded Gallery 16 \u003cbr\u003ein San Francisco and has exhibited and published scores influential artists including Lynn Hershman Leeson, William Kentridge, bell hooks, Rex Ray, Margaret Kilgallen and Mark Grotjahn.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2021, Williams made an acclaimed feature film, Tell Them We Were Here, a documentary\u003cbr\u003eabout eight of artists in the San Francisco Bay Area. The film was included in film festivals around the\u003cbr\u003eworld and was awarded best documentary at Newport Beach Film Festival and Nevada City Film Festival. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis recent books include The Gay Seventies: Hal Fischer is the first monograph to feature the\u003cbr\u003ecomplete collection of works Hal Fischer produced in San Francisco's Haight and Castro neighborhoods\u003cbr\u003ein the 1970s. His book on the life and artwork of the late San Francisco artist Rex Ray including\u003cbr\u003eessays by Rebecca Solnit was published by Chronicle Books in 2021.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiller, Sequoia:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eSequoia Miller\u003c\/b\u003e is the Chief Curator and Deputy Director of the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art in Toronto. He holds a PhD in the History of Art from Yale University; an MA in Design History from the Bard Graduate Center; and a BA in Cultural Studies from Brandeis University. Recent curatorial projects include Magdalene Odundo: A Dialogue with Objects and Shary Boyle: Outside the Palace of Me. Publications include Magdalene Odundo: A Dialogue with Objects (2024), Ceramic Art (2023); and The Ceramic Presence in Modern Art (2015). Prior to his academic and curatorial work, Sequoia was a full-time ceramist who exhibited and led workshops across the United States\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eZimbardo, Tanya:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eTanya Zimbardo\u003c\/b\u003e is a San Francisco-based curator and the assistant curator of media arts at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Her research on Bay Area Conceptual art and performance has informed such guest curatorial projects as Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 (Fort Mason Center for Arts \u0026amp; Culture), Organic Logic (The 500 Capp Street Foundation), Equilibrium: A Paul Kos Survey (di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art), Public Works: Artists' Interventions 1970s--Now (Mills College Art Museum), and Scoresfor a Room: David Haxton and Jim Melchert (Worth Ryder Art Gallery, UC Berkeley).\u003cbr\u003eEt al...\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oro Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51806121394450,"sku":"9780982767184","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5f57fef9-235c-4719-ad3f-c9bab246340a.jpg?v=1765977561","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/jim-melchert-where-the-boundaries-are-9780982767184","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}