Strich & Faden Exhibition at Kunstraum Richard Sorge: Charles Krafft & Rinaldo Hopf

"Fragmentation Hand Grenade", hand painted porcelain, by Charles Krafft, one of many exquisite works by the Seattle artist in part II of the Strich & Faden exhibition on confrontational craft and folklore at Kunstraum Richard Sorge, Berlin, May/June 2009.

Background: "Der goldene Hans, Taunus 1968", silkscreen and gold on historic fabric, by Berlin artist Rinaldo Hopf.

After years toiling as “the oldest promising young artist in the Pacific Northwest,”
Charles Krafft became known internationally in the 90’s for confrontational works in clay
that were among the first to invest craft objects with serious and sarcastic content starkly contrasting with their perceived image. In a brilliant conceptual choice, Charles Krafft uses and subverts the inherent ethnocentrism and traditionalism of craft objects, turning them against themselves to comment on “resurgent regionalism”, war, politics and disaster. The way Charles Krafft eschews the usual academic careerism in the arts and finds alternative ways, is just as radical and political, as is the choice of influences: 60’s comix, and the aesthetics and themes of Industrial-, surf- and custom car cultures.

About the Strich & Faden exhibition:
The folksy German expression "nach Strich und Faden" means to do something thoroughly, with great artistry and precision, or according to the rules of an art or craft. In contemporary language the term has gained connotations of trickery, deceit and travesty. Travesty (in the sense of deceit and role playing) is a device present in many works in this show, either as an artistic attitude, or as a subject matter. The participating artists use it to challenge and extend both the traditions of Art & Crafts and our expectations of art.
This new edition of Strich und Faden presents outstanding representatives of the thriving US-american Neocraft scene - some of which are shown in Germany (or Europe) for the first time - and presents them alongside their (Eastern) European colleagues. Strich und Faden II goes beyond crafting however, also incorporating conceptual and neo-traditional works on folklore and regionalism.

Taken on: May 12, 2009

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