Garth Johnson
Mr. Johnson's interesting attire let me know that this lecture was going to be interesting. He was young and down to earth and I enjoyed hearing him speak about his creative project ExtremeCrafts.com. Coming from a family full of crafty people, his mother being a master quilter and his father working with wire, crafts never escaped his mind. He attended the art school at the University of Nebraska and later received his MFA at Alfred University. He currently designs at Perkins+Will architects in Atlanta. He created Extremecrafts 4 years ago and it's popularity has skyrocketed.
In the lecture Garth mentioned that he sees extremecrafts as A compendium of art masquerading as craft, craft masquerading as art, & craft extending its middle finger. I thought that was a very bold way of putting his thoughts out there. This website contains work from a bunch of DIY artists ( Do It Yourself ) . Tracy Emin, Ai Kijima, and Sean Samoheyl are some of the artists represented on his site that I really enjoyed. Ai Kijima creates these beautiful fabric collages from found bed sheets, t- shirts, blankets, curtains and any other fabrics she can put her hands on. "Kijima's works incorporate familiar pop culture iconography in ambiguous, often poetic, ways." Another group shown on his website was called Booze and Yarn which is one of the many existing knitting circles . I feel that Garth knows a lot about both the business side of art and that's really important for his Carree. This amazing archive of artists will continue to grow over the years and Ill be interested to see its progress.
http://extremecraft.com/
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