Water, Wind, Breath: Southwest Native Art in the Barnes Foundation (9780300264128)
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Author: Lucy Fowler Williams, Antonio Chavarria (Contribution by), Tahnibaa Naataanii (Contribution by)
The Barnes Foundation's historic Pueblo and Navajo collections are explored alongside works by contemporary Native American artists 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. Distributed for the Barnes Foundation
(February 20-May 15, 2022)
Publisher: Barnes Foundation (03/15/2022)
Hardcover: 224 pages
ISBN-10: 0300264127
ISBN-13: 9780300264128
Item Weight: 3.35lbs
Dimensions: 11.50h x 9.69w x 0.94d
Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2023
The Barnes Foundation's historic Pueblo and Navajo collections are explored alongside works by contemporary Native American artists 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. Distributed for the Barnes Foundation
Exhibition Schedule:
(February 20-May 15, 2022)
Publisher: Barnes Foundation (03/15/2022)
Hardcover: 224 pages
ISBN-10: 0300264127
ISBN-13: 9780300264128
Item Weight: 3.35lbs
Dimensions: 11.50h x 9.69w x 0.94d
Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2023
About the Author
Lucy Fowler Williams is associate curator-in-charge and Jeremy A. Sabloff Senior Keeper of American Collections of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
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