Water, wind, breath : Southwest Native art in the Barnes Foundation /
This richly illustrated book makes the Barnes Foundation's exceptional collection of Native American art from the Southwest available to the public for the first time. Collector and educator Albert C. Barnes traveled to the U.S. Southwest in 1930 and 1931 and, deeply impressed by the generative...
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The Barnes Foundation ;
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Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, PA : |
Publication Dates: | 2022. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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This richly illustrated book makes the Barnes Foundation's exceptional collection of Native American art from the Southwest available to the public for the first time. Collector and educator Albert C. Barnes traveled to the U.S. Southwest in 1930 and 1931 and, deeply impressed by the generative art practices he saw there, formed a collection of Pueblo and Navajo pottery, textiles, and jewelry. "Water, Wind, Breath" illuminates the materials, forms, and designs of the objects as they relate to Pueblo and Navajo histories and ideas. The book blends postcolonial and Indigenous perspectives, introducing readers to living artistic traditions filled with purpose, intention, and a deeply embedded spirituality that connects places, practices, and Native identities. Works by contemporary Native American artists are juxtaposed with historic pieces, illuminating the connections between heritage traditions and modern practices. |
Item Description: | Catalog from an exhibition, organized by and held at the Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, February 20-May 15, 2022--Colophon. |
Carrier Form: | viii, 211 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map, portraits ; 30 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-201) and index. |
ISBN: |
9780300264128 0300264127 |
Index Number: | E78 |
CLC: |
K712.8 J171.209.9 |
Call Number: | J171.209.9/W324 |
Contents: |
In the shadows of paradise / Chasing the dawn -- Pueblo pottery: meditations on clay mother's gift / Navajo textiles: weaving a space of great peace / A Navajo "slave" blanket / Dating the Southwest Native textiles in the Barnes Foundation / Southwest Native jewelry / Chief Ignacio of the Weeminuche Band / Silver and Southwest Native art / Appendix: summary of Southwest Native textile dye analyses / |