Shapeshifting : transformations in Native American art / Karen Kramer Russell ; with Janet Catherine Berlo [and others] ; and contributions by Kathleen Ash-Milby [and others].

Format Book
Publication InfoSalem, Mass. : Peabody Essex Museum ; New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 2012.
Description244 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
Subjects

Other author/creatorKramer, Karen, 1971-
Other author/creatorBerlo, Janet Catherine.
Other author/creatorAsh-Milby, Kathleen E.
Other author/creatorPeabody Essex Museum.
Contents Raising the bar / Karen Kramer Russell -- Expected evolution: the changing continuum / Bruce Bernstein -- Time-honored expression: the knowing of native objects / Joe D. Horse Capture -- A shore without a horizon: locating by looking anew / Jessica L. Horton -- Voicing: individuality, creativity, repetition, and change / Janet Catherine Berlo -- Famous long ago / Paul Chaat Smith.
Abstract Public perception of Native American art and culture has often been derived from misunderstandings and misinterpretations, and from images promulgated by popular culture. Typically, Native Americans are grouped as a whole and their art and culture considered part of the past rather than widely present. This work challenges these assumptions by focusing on the objects as art rather than cultural or anthropological artifacts and on the multivalent creativity of Native American artists. The approach highlights the inventive contemporaneity that existed in all periods and continues today. More than 75 works in a wide range of media and scale are organized into four thematic groups: changing, expanding the imagination; knowing, expressing worldview; locating, exploring identity and place; and voicing, engaging the individual. The result is a paradigm shift in understanding Native American art.
General noteCatalog of an exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Mass., Jan. 14-Apr. 29, 2012.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011928735
ISBN9780875772233 (Peabody Essex Museum : pbk.)
ISBN0875772234 (Peabody Essex Museum : pbk.)
ISBN9780300177329 (Yale University Press : cloth)
ISBN0300177321 (Yale University Press : cloth)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks N6538.A4 S436 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold