

Feature article based on interview with Early from Extra-Ordinary Art & Artists.Exhibition information on "Existed: Leonardo Drew" and interviews from Blaffer Art Museum.Installation video and profile of Drew from 30 Americans exhibition site from the Corcoran Gallery.Review of the artist's work from The Arts Fuse.Interview with de Callatay from Irenebrination (originally published in Zoot magazine).Information on the wedge shoe on display in Against the Grain from the NY Times blog.Anxious Objects: Willie Cole's Favorite Brands. Montclair, NJ: Montclair Art Museum, 2006. Cole talks about his work in this video from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts Artist in Residence program.

The Mint Museum presented one of Cole's first solo museum shows, Willie Cole: From Our House to Your House , in 1991.Biography and information on his artist-in-residence participation from Art ReMix.2009 article from Craft Arts International.Innovation Hall of Fame profile from Rochester Institute of Technology.Description and photos of the Wendell Castle Rockin' exhibition at Barry Friedman Gallery from CONTEMPORIST.Biography, images and more from R Gallery.Artist prepares for the Wave Hill 2012 Wild Garden show:.Information about the piece in the exhibition from Wave Hill.Images, biography and links to press articles from Margaret Thatcher Projects.Artist gives insight into his work at SBMA exhibition in this video:.Information on Beltz' career and graphite drawings from Santa Barbara Museum of Art's blog.Artist's website with biography and portfolio.Video interview with Baas, winner of the Designer of the Year 2009 at Design Miami.Interview with Baas from Behind The Designs.Feature article with images of Baas' designs from Cool Hunting.Radio interview on the artist's participation in the 2011 Venice Biennale from.Video interview with the artist from Havana Cultura.BBC News feature on Ai Weiwei, his art and his political activism:.Profile with video and news from PBS Frontline.Interview with Ai, TIME Magazine's Person of the Year Runner-Up for 2011 from TIME.Website for the film, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, directed by Alison Klayman.Detailed article on Ai's political commentary and art from The Economist.

Selected Print and Online Resources for Featured Artists There are approximately 60 works in the exhibition including vessels, furniture, sculptures, paintings, installations and works created since 2000 by an international roster of artists, craftspersons, and designers such as Alexandre Arrechea, Martin Baas, Gary Carsley, Andrew Early, Maria Elena Gonzalez, Silas Kopf, Mark Lindquist, Sofia Maldonado, Matthias Pliessnig, Martin Puryear, Betye Saar, Hiroki Takada, Alison Elizabeth Taylor, and Ai Weiwei. Against the Grain debuts at The Mint Museum followed by a presentation at the Museum of Art and Design in New York (February - May 2013). This timely exhibition addresses a heavily debated topic in the field: as the boundaries between art, craft and design increasingly overlap, should these categories be redefined, and if so, how? In Against the Grain, the versatile medium of wood is used to address this issue, exploring postmodern tendencies including mimicry, assemblage, virtuosity, and whimsy (with a serious purpose), as well as environmental issues associated with woodworking. Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art, Craft and Design demonstrates how 20th and 21st century creators have engaged the medium of wood with conceptual and technical strategies.
