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Rhode Island School of Design

Book Gallery

2003

Exhibitions; wallpaper

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On The Wall: Wallpaper By Contemporary Artists, Judith Tannenbaum, Marion Boulton Stroud Jan 2003

On The Wall: Wallpaper By Contemporary Artists, Judith Tannenbaum, Marion Boulton Stroud

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Wallpaper was once ubiquitous and is still common in domestic settings, but it has rarely been given the same kind of attention bestowed on fine-art objects or other applied arts. Nonetheless, many artists– from Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) to William Morris (1834-96) and Andy Warhol (1928-87) — have created wallpaper and considered this activity to be a significant endeavor.