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>> JK: I would say so, yes. It goes back even to Marcel Duchamp, who said that anything the artist says is art is art. So we have to go back to the artist if we are talking about creation of objects and find out what's on the maker's mind.
RB: So in other words, you'll accept anyone's work as craft as long as they state that that was their intent? If Andy Warhol had decided to change the name of what he was doing to craft so that he could get a grant, then by your definition he would be a craftsperson working in craft milieu.
JK: I don't know that I go around inspecting grant applications, but I try to talk to the people who make art, though.
RB: What I'm getting at and what I'm trying to find out is what kind of criteria are you going to put forward for the objects you are going to show and collect at the museum; what exactly is the American Crafts Museum going to hold up as craft? If it's the same thing as fine arts then why is the museum there? That's my question.
JK: That's not an unusual question; it's asked all the time. The criterion will always be quality.
RB: Of course, but what is it that separates craft? If you say medium, process, and intention, then all anyone really has to have is the intention.
JK: That's right.
RB: Then anything can be craft if someone decides to call it that.
JK: Yes, but anything does not necessarily have to be of high quality.
RB: How do you define quality in relation to intention? Is Andy Warhol's work high quality in terms of process, medium, and material, or is it high quality in terms of concept?
JK: It's high quality in terms of his intention. Quality is a big, vague term.
RB: Then let's narrow it down a little bit. If medium and process to a large degree define crafts, then we can say a certain element of craftsmanship has to be present in an object for quality to exist in that object?
JK: Not necessarily.
RB: So there doesn't have to be a high level of craftsmanship.
JK: I didn't say that, either. I'm not saying that the questions you are posing are not valid or frequently asked questions, but I don't find them interesting questions.
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>> JK: I would say so, yes. It goes back even to Marcel Duchamp, who said that anything the artist says is art is art. So we have to go back to the artist if we are talking about creation of objects and find out what's on the maker's mind.
RB: So in other words, you'll accept anyone's work as craft as long as they state that that was their intent? If Andy Warhol had decided to change the name of what he was doing to craft so that he could get a grant, then by your definition he would be a craftsperson working in craft milieu.
JK: I don't know that I go around inspecting grant applications, but I try to talk to the people who make art, though.
RB: What I'm getting at and what I'm trying to find out is what kind of criteria are you going to put forward for the objects you are going to show and collect at the museum; what exactly is the American Crafts Museum going to hold up as craft? If it's the same thing as fine arts then why is the museum there? That's my question.
JK: That's not an unusual question; it's asked all the time. The criterion will always be quality.
RB: Of course, but what is it that separates craft? If you say medium, process, and intention, then all anyone really has to have is the intention.
JK: That's right.
RB: Then anything can be craft if someone decides to call it that.
JK: Yes, but anything does not necessarily have to be of high quality.
RB: How do you define quality in relation to intention? Is Andy Warhol's work high quality in terms of process, medium, and material, or is it high quality in terms of concept?
JK: It's high quality in terms of his intention. Quality is a big, vague term.
RB: Then let's narrow it down a little bit. If medium and process to a large degree define crafts, then we can say a certain element of craftsmanship has to be present in an object for quality to exist in that object?
JK: Not necessarily.
RB: So there doesn't have to be a high level of craftsmanship.
JK: I didn't say that, either. I'm not saying that the questions you are posing are not valid or frequently asked questions, but I don't find them interesting questions.
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