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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

January 23 - April 13, 2009

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http://www.ybca.org/
(415) 978-2700

701 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94103

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Irreverent: Contemporary Nordic Craft Art

YBCA features a new generation of craft artists from Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland in an exhibition of Irreverent: Contemporary Nordic Craft Art. The artists, challenging the aesthetics and principles of Scandinavian Modernism, use traditional materials and honor the hand-made traditions, but divorce form from function. They also tend to move away from the sleek aesthetic of high modernism, turning instead to camp and intricacy. Rejecting the notion of utilitarianism, and intentionally designing objects whose form does not give rise to a traditional or expected function, their craft art is characterized by quirky, provocative and playful one of a kind works that tell personal stories. Who: Curated by Kate Eilertsen Where: YBCA Galleries, 701 Mission St., San Francisco, CA 94103 Public Info: 415-978-2787 or www.ybca.org When galleries are fully open: $7 regular; $5 students, seniors & teachers; free for YBCA Members When galleries are partially open: $5 regular; $3 students, seniors & teachers; free for YBCA Members YBCA galleries are FREE to the public on the first Tuesday of every month. FREE First Tuesday is made possible in part by YBCA's Directors Forum Members Hours: Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat & Sun: noon – 5 pm Thu: noon – 8 pm Closed Mondays and major holidays.