Carrying on "Irregardless": Humour in Contemporary Northwest Coast Art
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| Rating | : | 4.56 (769 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0981234127 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 120 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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She was married to Haida carver Bill Reid, who died in 1998.Mike Robinson is the CEO of the Bill Reid Trust and Director for the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art. Reid is Director of Content and Research at the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art in downtown Vancouver, BC. . Peter Morin is a Tahltan artist, stand-up comedian
She was married to Haida carver Bill Reid, who died in 1998.Mike Robinson is the CEO of the Bill Reid Trust and Director for the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art. About the AuthorPeter Morin is a Tahltan artist, stand-up comedian and co-curator of the Bill Reid Gallery.Martine J. Reid is Director of Content and Research at the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art in downtown Vancouver, BC.
"Five Stars" according to Alaska Writer. Funny, irreverent, great approach,. Recommended by a colleague, everything I was led to expect.
Collected here are artworks that act as political weapons, bold challenges to stereotypes, and nods to the Trickster. Carrying on "Irregardless" is a handsomely illustrated paperback based on the first exhibition to focus on humour in Northwest Coast First Nations art. And preceding it stands three impassioned contextualizing essays that range from the poetic to the academic to the anecdotal, by Tahltan artist, stand-up comedian and co-curator, Peter Morin; Director of Content and Research for the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art and co-curator, Martine J. And, above all, they make us laugh, and think, and laugh again.Accompanying the work are descriptions, quips and jokes from the artists themselves. Reid; and CEO of the Bill Reid Trust and Director for the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art, Mike Robinson.. They satirize, ridicule and play. Reid says in her introduction, "was perhaps a part of his survival kit, as it often seems to be for First Nations people."Within this book are the photographed artworks of twenty-eight prominent Northwest Coast artists, including such