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Record Nr.

UNINA9910955729503321

Autore

Duffek Karen <1956->

Titolo

Bill Reid : beyond the essential form / / Karen Duffek ; foreword by Michael M. Ames

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver, : University of British Columbia Press in association with the UBC Museum of Anthropology, c1986

ISBN

9786613226273

9781283226271

1283226278

9780774856959

0774856955

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (68 p.)

Collana

Museum note (Vancouver, B.C.), , 0228-2364 ; ; no. 19

Altri autori (Persone)

ReidBill <1920-1998.>

Disciplina

730/.92/4

Soggetti

Reid, Bill, -- 1920-1998 -- Exhibitions

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Catalog of an exhibition held July 15-Nov. 2, 1986, at the UBC Museum of Anthropology.

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliography: p. 57-58.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Foundations and Directions -- Unlocking the Secrets -- New Dimensions of Technique -- Transforming Traditions -- Beyond the Essential Form -- Colour Plates -- Notes -- Credits.

Sommario/riassunto

Bill Reid, master artist, goldsmith, carver, writer, and spokesman, has been widely acclaimed as the pivotal force in the rediscovery and reflowering of the great art traditions of the Natives of the Northwest Coast. According to eminent French anthropologist Levi-Strauss, Reid ";brought Northwest Coast art to the world scene, into dialogue with the whole of mankind."; In this artistic biography, Karen Duffek gives an account of Bill Reid's life and work and of his role as artist, innovator, and ambassador of Haida art. After describing the processes by which Reid came to reconstruct the formal rules of a complex artistic tradition, Duffek focuses on his mastery of new techniques, particularly in making jewellery, techniques which others now emulate. In the key chapter ";Beyond the Essential Form,"; she uses Reid's own categories



of his work as ";copies, adaptations and explorations,"; to give a candid appraisal of his artistic achievements -- from massive poles to gold boxes, from intricate bracelets to the great bronze Killerwhale statue. Specialists, collectors, and lay readers with an interest in Northwest Coast Native art or in Reid's work in particular will welcome this insightful critical biography published in association with a Reid exhibit at the University of British Columbia's Museum of Anthropology.