Lenore Tawney
in ‘Making Knowing: Craft in Art, 1950–2019’, Whitney Museum, New York
22 November 2019 – 28 February 2022
‘Making Knowing: Craft in Art, 1950–2019’, 2019, exhibition view, Whitney Museum, New York. Courtesy: Whitney Museum, New York; photo: Ron Amstutz
‘Making Knowing: Craft in Art, 1950–2019’, 2019, exhibition view, Whitney Museum, New York. Courtesy: Whitney Museum, New York; photo: Ron Amstutz
‘Making Knowing: Craft in Art, 1950–2019’, 2019, exhibition view, Whitney Museum, New York. Courtesy: Whitney Museum, New York; photo: Ron Amstutz
Lenore Tawney is included in ‘Making Knowing: Craft in Art, 1950 – 2019’ at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
‘Making Knowing: Craft in Art, 1950–2019’ foregrounds how visual artists have explored the materials, methods, and strategies of craft over the past seven decades. Some expand techniques with long histories, such as weaving, sewing, or pottery, while others experiment with textiles, thread, clay, beads, and glass, among other mediums. The traces of the artists’ hands-on engagement with their materials invite viewers to imagine how it might feel to make each work.