Bill Reid and Beyond
Expanding on Modern Native Art
- Publisher
- Douglas & McIntyre
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2005
- Category
- Canadian, Native Americans, Native American
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781553650942
- Publish Date
- Mar 2005
- List Price
- $27.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781553650065
- Publish Date
- Apr 2004
- List Price
- $45.00
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780295983769
- Publish Date
- Mar 2004
- List Price
- $54.00
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Description
A fresh perspective from Haida leaders, art and cultural historians, anthropologists and artists on the lasting legacy of the famed Haida artist Bill Reid.
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 expanded the understanding of Haida art and ideas, complicated notions of authenticity and tradition, and helped to make the so-called "renaissance" of Northwest Coast Native art visible to all.
The book's twenty authors write from many perspectives, breaking down boundaries between art history and anthropology, between academic and artist, between colleague and politician. Authors, artists and important voices from the Haida Nation show how Reid became a hero and what kept him a maverick, contribute personal reminiscences that add new dimensions to Reid's public persona, share how they learned from Reid, and project what lies "beyond" as a result of Reid's legacy.
This book contributes to the ongoing exchange of ideas about modern art -- debates that Reid's life work helped bring to world attention.
About the authors
Karen Duffek is the Curator of Contemporary Visual Arts and Pacific Northwest at the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at the University of British Columbia. Her research focus lies both in the history of MOA's Northwest Coast Aboriginal collections — including connecting and documenting historical objects with descendants and originating community members — and in the relationship of twentieth-century and contemporary art to cultural practice. Her publications include the books Bill Reid and Beyond: Expanding on Modern Native Art (co-edited with Charlotte Townsend-Gault, 2004) and The Transforming Image: Painted Arts of Northwest Coast First Nations (co-authored with Bill McLennan, 2000).
Charlotte Townsend-Gault is professor emerita in the Department of Art History, Visual Culture and Theory, and a research associate in the Department of Anthropology, at the University of British Columbia. She is the co-editor of Bill Reid and Beyond: Expanding on Modern Native Art (UW Press, 2004) and Native Art of the Northwest Coast: A History of Changing Ideas (UBC Press, 2013).
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