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Coiled Basket with Zoomorphic Pattern
Artist Unknown
Price upon requestTimbisha (Panamint) Shoshone Nation
Location: Death Valley region of southeast California
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The Way of Inuit Art: Aesthetics and History In and Beyond the Arctic
Emily E. Auger
CA$55.00Inuit art is examined in this book from prehistory to the present, especially its influence on non-Inuit artists and scholars, and their influence on it.
Part One gives a history of the main art-producing prehistoric traditions in the North American Arctic, concentrating on the Dorset. It also discusses the influence of theories such as evolutionism, diffusionism, ethnographic comparison, and shamanism on the interpretation of prehistoric Inuit art.
Part Two, with the support of interviews with Inuit artists, analyzes the influence of such theories as nationalism, primitivism, modernism, and postmodernism on 20th century Canadian Inuit art. The presence of Inuit art in the mainstream is demonstrated with a discussion of its influence on Canadian artist Nicola Wojewoda, to whose work, in addition, Inuit artists present their reactions.
Softcover
Published in 2005Please note: When purchasing a book online, please consider the cost of shipping to certain destinations as it may be higher than anticipated. Please contact us for a shipping quote prior to placing your online order.
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Creation and Transformation: Defining Moments in Inuit Art
Christine Lalonde, Darlene Wight, Ingo Hessel, Norman Vorano, Susan Gustavison, Winnipeg Art Gallery
CA$65.00The treasures of the world’s largest public collection of Inuit art are revealed in this seminal history of art from the Arctic.
The collection of Inuit art held by the Winnipeg Art Gallery, one of Canada’s most important public galleries, is extraordinary by any standard: its geographic range, diverse media and size have brought international renown to the collection of some 11,000 artworks. The wag celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2012-13 and this book, as well as a major exhibition from January 24 to April 17, 2013, will feature many of the gallery’s treasures as it marks this important milestone.
Creation and Transformation is a major art book that describes the genesis and evolution of contemporary Inuit art from 1949 to the present day: from carvers in the 1950s, such as Johnny Inukpuk, to later storytellers in stone, such as Davidialuk Alasua Amittu, and in whale bone such as Karoo Ashevak; from pioneer graphic artist Jessie Oonark, to graphic artists working today in new and personal idioms, such as Shuvinai Ashoona. The book is a celebration of creativity that has had many transformations over six decades.
Organized chronologically, this remarkable volume will constitute a new historical narrative of a contemporary art form as revealed in essays by international authorities led by Winnipeg Art Gallery’s curator of Inuit art, Darlene Coward Wight, and explored through the personal insights of the artists themselves. Expertly designed and produced, this book features 150 colour and archival images.
Hardcover
Published in 2012Please note: When purchasing a book online, please consider the cost of shipping to certain destinations as it may be higher than anticipated. Please contact us for a shipping quote prior to placing your online order.
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Imbricated Basket with Leather and Woven Straps
Salish Artist
Price upon requestLower Thompson River, BC
Cedar root, Cherry bark, Hemp, Hide, Woolc. late 1800’s
Provenance: Judge Matthew Begbie
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Imbricated Burden Basket with Woven Straps
Salish Artist
Price upon requestLower Thompson River, BC
Cedar root, Wool, Hidec. 1920’s
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Imbricated Basket
Salish Artist
Price upon requestLillooet, BC
Cedar root, Cherry barkc. 1900’s – 1920’s
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Imbricated Basket with Insect and Four Directions Designs
Salish Artist
Price upon requestCedar root
c. 1900’s – 1920’s
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Imbricated, Lidded Basket
Salish Artist
Price upon requestLillooet, BC
Cedar root, Cherry barkc. 1900’s – 1920’s
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Twined Basket
Tlingit Artist
Price upon requestSpruce root
c. 1900’s – 1910’s
Provenance: Koerner Collection
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