Susan Point: Works on Paper - Softcover

Croes, Dale

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0991858891 ISBN 13: 9780991858897

Verlag: Figure 1 Publishing, 2014

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Over the past 30 years Susan Point has become the preeminent Coast Salish artist of her generation, exploring many different modern and traditional themes in a wide variety of media. She has received major public commissions in her home province of British Columbia as well as throughout the Northwest coast, the traditional territory of her people, creating extraordinary monumental sculptures that grace important public buildings. Her glass sculptures are collected around the world. This is the first book devoted exclusively to her works on paper. Over the past 30 years Point has also been an innovator in printmaking, adapting traditional Coast Salish themes to modern art techniques, translating the heritage of her culture to the wider world while creating a body of work that appeals to art collectors from around the globe. Her synthesis of contemporary and traditional styles has resulted in a formidable artistic accomplishment. This beautifully designed volume collects 160 of her prints together for the first time and is sure to inspire and amaze those who see it.

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Dale Croes received his Ph.D from Washington State University and continues as an adjunct faculty member. He specializes in archaeological excavations of well-preserved wood and fiber artifacts from Northwest waterlogged and wet sites. He has published books and over 50 articles on sites he has excavated, including the Ozette, Hoko River, Sunken Village, and Qwu?gwes. He lives in Olympia, WA.

Susan Point is a Coast Salish artist from the Musqueam Band. Musqueam is situated on the banks near the mouth of the Fraser River, within what is now metropolitan Vancouver. She has immersed herself in the study of traditional Coast Salish art and culture and emerged with a language of design both authentic and vibrantly contemporary in nature. Her works can now be found worldwide.

Gary Wyatt is one of Canada's foremost experts on art of the Northwest Coast and the co-owner of Spirit Wrestler Gallery, Vancouver's leading gallery of Indigenous art. He lives in Vancouver.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Figure 1 Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0991858891
• ISBN 13: 9780991858897
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208
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