Bill Reid And Beyond: Expanding On Modern Native Art
by Ruth Phillips /
2004 / English / PDF
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Bill Reid’s work has long been acknowledged for its astute and
eloquent analysis of Haida tradition, and for the paradox of making
modern art from the old Haida stories. It helped to make the
so-called renaissance of Northwest Coast Native art visible to all.
Bill Reid’s work has long been acknowledged for its astute and
eloquent analysis of Haida tradition, and for the paradox of making
modern art from the old Haida stories. It helped to make the
so-called renaissance of Northwest Coast Native art visible to all.Bill Reid and Beyond
Bill Reid and Beyond pays Reid the compliment of expanding
on his own clear-eyed self-scrutiny as he came to stand for Native
art and artists, more perhaps than he would have wished.
pays Reid the compliment of expanding
on his own clear-eyed self-scrutiny as he came to stand for Native
art and artists, more perhaps than he would have wished.
The book’s nineteen contributors write from many perspectives,
breaking down boundaries between art history and anthropology,
between academic and artist, between colleague and
politician.
The book’s nineteen contributors write from many perspectives,
breaking down boundaries between art history and anthropology,
between academic and artist, between colleague and
politician.
Alert to the political, economic, and social events of Bill Reid’s
lifetime, which have radically changed the way in which Native art
is produced and received, this book participates in the important
ongoing debates about Native art, demonstrating vividly that the
exchange of ideas can, like works of art, change people’s minds.
Alert to the political, economic, and social events of Bill Reid’s
lifetime, which have radically changed the way in which Native art
is produced and received, this book participates in the important
ongoing debates about Native art, demonstrating vividly that the
exchange of ideas can, like works of art, change people’s minds.
