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Raven Travelling
Two Centuries of Haida Art
Peter Macnair, Daina Augaitis, Marianne Jones, Nika Collison, et al.
These were objects of bright pride . . .
They told the people
of the completeness of their culture,
the continuing lineages of the great families,
their closeness to the magic world
of myth and legend.
- Bill Reid
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.
Peter Macnair is curator emeritus of ethnology at the Royal British Columbia Museum. Daina Augaitis is chief curator/associate director at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Marianne Jones was the writer, producer, and director of the first thirteen episodes of the CBC television series Ravens and Eagles; she lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. Nika Collison (Jisgung) is a curator at the Haida Gwaii Museum at Qay'llnagaay; she lives in Skidegate. Other contributors include Lucille Bell, Vince Collison, Robert Davidson, Bill Reid, Guujaw, and Isabel Rorick.
Reviews:
"[T]hese gorgeous pages are laden with poems and myths, prayers and interviews, all of which help to create a living portrait of a living culture that has survived for untold centuries." - Cascadia Weekly
Table of Contents:
Director's Foreword / Kathleen S. Bartels
This Box of Treasures / Guujaaw
In the Beginning: Haida Stories / Introduced by Nika Collison
Out of the Silence / Bill Reid
Haida Art and Haida Gwaii / Marianne Jones
These Shining Islands / Bill Reid
Reclaiming Haida Culture / Robert Davidson
Everything Depends on Everything Else / Nika Collison
From the Hands of Master Carpenter / Peter Macnair
Following the Discipline of the Old Masters / Isabel Rorick in conversation with Jacqueline Gijssen
The Repatriation of Our Ancestors and the Rebirth of Ourselves / Lucille Bell and Vince Collison
The Impulse to Create / Daina Augaitis in conversations with Robert Davidson, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, and Don Yeomans
Notes on Contributors
Curatorial Acknowledgements
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Pub Date:
2008
ISBN:
PAPER:
0-295-98818-5
978-0-295-98818-4
Price:
Paper: $39.95
Subject Listing:
Native American Art
Bibliographic information:
Orig. pub. 2006. 200 pp., 140 illus., 130 in color, 9 x 12 in.
Published with:
Vancouver Art Gallery
Territorial rights:
U.S. rights only
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