raven traveling...
Dec. 20th, 2007 10:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thoreauTonight was a shift at the bookstore - and I had a surprise ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
qnetter sighting.... he was so nice as to buy an autographed copy of my novel. It was VERY busy in the store - I felt bad I didn't have more time to chat.
But - tonight was pretty cool. As a Christmas gift to myself - I ordered a copy the catalogue for art exhibit RAVEN TRAVELING: TWO CENTURIES OF HAIDA ART. It's a beautiful 200 page art book. Thank goodness for my employee discount - it wasn't too big of an extravagance.
The core of this powerful assemblage is an exploration of the extraordinary achievement of Haida art, as art. Interwoven throughout the text and the finely reproduced images is a skillful intermingling of key themes: the defining myths of origins; the structures of ownership and privilege; the relationship of the people to the land; the influence of the early master-carvers; the monumental achievements of Charles Edenshaw, Bill Reid, Robert Davidson, and many others; the Haida and colonialism; and hybrid tendencies in contemporary Haida art. From oral histories and genealogies to the breakout aesthetics of contemporary Haida work in many media, this book celebrates a great art in a contemporary context.
It's truly one of the most beautiful books I've ever purchased for myself...
qnetter sighting.... he was so nice as to buy an autographed copy of my novel. It was VERY busy in the store - I felt bad I didn't have more time to chat.But - tonight was pretty cool. As a Christmas gift to myself - I ordered a copy the catalogue for art exhibit RAVEN TRAVELING: TWO CENTURIES OF HAIDA ART. It's a beautiful 200 page art book. Thank goodness for my employee discount - it wasn't too big of an extravagance.
The core of this powerful assemblage is an exploration of the extraordinary achievement of Haida art, as art. Interwoven throughout the text and the finely reproduced images is a skillful intermingling of key themes: the defining myths of origins; the structures of ownership and privilege; the relationship of the people to the land; the influence of the early master-carvers; the monumental achievements of Charles Edenshaw, Bill Reid, Robert Davidson, and many others; the Haida and colonialism; and hybrid tendencies in contemporary Haida art. From oral histories and genealogies to the breakout aesthetics of contemporary Haida work in many media, this book celebrates a great art in a contemporary context.
It's truly one of the most beautiful books I've ever purchased for myself...
