Allison Smith and Christina Zetterlund in Conversation

Sunday, July 1, 2018 | 2–3:30pm

ADMISSION: Free with Museum admission.

2018-07-01 14:00:00 UTC2018-07-01 15:30:00 UTC America/Los_AngelesThe CJM - 736 Mission St, San Francisco, CAAllison Smith and Christina Zetterlund in ConversationAllison Smith is joined by her Havruta partner Christina Zetterlund, and together they will discuss the project and celebrate the release of the booklet documenting their collaboration.

Allison Smith is joined by her Havruta partner Christina Zetterlund, and together they will discuss the project and celebrate the release of the booklet documenting their collaboration.

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about the exhibition

Allison Smith's collaboration with Christina Zetterlund, Models for a System, looks at craft and design history to explore issues of inclusion, exclusion, and hierarchies of power. Smith first met Zetterlund during a 2015 residency in Stockholm, and together they discovered a shared interest in the politics of handcraft and its role in both progressive and conservative social movements in which a “return” to past forms of making is often tied to populist notions of self-reliance and opting out of “the system.” They ask, given the intensities of this political moment, what does the current upsurge in craft really mean? The objects on display were selected for their potentially multiple readings, suggesting the ways craft functions today within both fundamentalist survivalist groups as well as hipster DIY culture simultaneously. For more info, visit modelsforasystem.wordpress.com.

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about the artists

Allison Smith has exhibited her work nationally and internationally since 1995. She has produced over twenty-five solo exhibitions, installations, performances, and artist-led participatory projects for venues such as SFMOMA, Public Art Fund, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, The Arts Club of Chicago, among many others. She was, until recently, Associate Professor and Chair of the Sculpture Program at California College of the Arts and is now Associate Professor of Art at the Carnegie Mellon University School of Art in Pittsburgh.

Christina Zetterlund is a socially engaged craft and design historian active as an educator, researcher, writer, and curator. She is currently working as a Professor in Art with a specialization in Craft History and Theory at Konstfack in Stockholm, Sweden. Previously she was a curator at Röhsska, a museum of design and applied arts, and also acted as a special advisor in design at the Swedish Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation. In 2013 she initiated the Craft in Sweden project (konsthantverkissverige.se) that so far has resulted in an anthology (2014), an exhibition (2016), and ongoing workshops (2014–present).

supporters

In That Case: Havruta in Contemporary Art—Allison Smith and Christina Zetterlund is organized by The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco. This exhibition is made possible with generous support from the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation. Additional support is provided by Rosanne and Al Levitt. In-Kind support is provided by Lim & Handtryck.

The Contemporary Jewish Museum thanks The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts for its lead sponsorship of The Museum’s exhibition program.

Allison Smith and Christina Zetterlund in Conversation

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