New Hampshire Preservation Alliance – NH Preservation Alliance 40th Anniversary Auction
Auction Ends: Jun 13, 2025 08:00 PM EDT

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Book: Global Objects by Edward S. Cooke, Jr.

Item Number
050-2
Estimated Value
40 USD
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13 USD to cs71c0c50

The winning bid will go to FrontStream Global Fund (tax ID 26-3265577), a 501c3 nonprofit organization, which will send the donation to New Hampshire Preservation Alliance (tax ID 222603277) on behalf of the winner.

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Item Description

Global Objects: Towards a Connected Art History is described as a 'bold reorientation of art history that bridges the divide between fine art and material culture through an examination of objects and their uses.' 

Avoiding traditional binaries such as East versus West and fine art versus decorative art, Edward Cooke looks at the production, consumption, and circulation of objects made from clay, fiber, wood, and nonferrous base metals. Carefully considering the materials and process of making, and connecting process to product and people, he demonstrates how objects act on those who look at, use, and acquire them. He reveals how objects retain aspects of their local fabrication while absorbing additional meanings in subtle and unexpected ways as they move through space and time. In emphasizing multiple centers of art production amid constantly changing contexts, Cooke moves beyond regional histories driven by geography, nation-state, time period, or medium.

 

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