Journal of the Korea Furniture Society (한국가구학회지)
- Volume 24 Issue 1
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- Pages.1-14
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- 2013
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- 1226-3109(pISSN)
A Study on the Development of American Contemporary Art Furniture - Focusing on the Second Generation Since the 1980's -
미국 현대 아트퍼니처의 전개양상에 관한 연구 - 1980년대 이후 제2세대 미국 가구디자이너를 중심으로 -
- Choi, Byung Hoon (Department of Woodworking and Furniture Design, Hongik University) ;
- Jung, Myung Taek (Department of Design and Crafts, Hongik University Graduate School)
- Received : 2012.12.09
- Accepted : 2013.01.03
- Published : 2013.01.25
Abstract
Since the 1980s the development of American art furniture was embodied its concept by second-generation furniture artists affected and educated from the first generation that has implanted art furniture fundamental values. Besides, embracing inevitably needs of the new era going with the social change rather than dwell on the nature of mere handicraft era, it has evolved with economic revival in the United States, the attention and increased consumption of the public, and ongoing government-sponsored. And more recently, the American contemporary Art Furniture faces another change in the non-boundary phenomena between art and design. American art furniture since the 1980s are summarized as three major trends: Art furniture embellished with traditional hand-craft, Art furniture featured the individualistic avant-guard characteristic, Art furniture eroded the distinction between art and design. By analyzing focusing on the furniture artists and their works in contemporary art furniture deployment aspects since the 1980s, the purpose of this study can be utilized as a method to measure the forward direction, internationally competitive, creativity, and artistic value of the domestic art furniture.