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Lavishly illustrated with over 80 full-colour images, this book includes original art and artifacts from the distant past as well as modern work by Native American artists. Works included are clothing (such as robes and hats), everyday items (such as blankets, pots, and baskets) and artwork (such as paintings on animal hide and figurines).
List of contents
CONTENTS
Foreword
Ulysses Grant Dietz
Acknowledgments
Adriana Greci Green and Tricia Laughlin Bloom
Native Artists of North America
Adriana Greci Green
A Hopi Way of Life
Susan Sekaquaptewa
What I See When I Look at Clothing in Museum Collections
Emil Her Many Horses
Apsáalooke Floral Dress
Wendy Red Star
The Language of Clothing in the Circumpolar North
Nadia Jackinsky-Sethi
Biil’éé
D. Y. Begay
The Newark Museum’s Unique Northwest Coast Collection
Mique’l Dangeli
The Beauty of California Indian Basketry
Sherrie Smith-Ferri
We Weave
D. Y. Begay
Jeffrey Gibson’s Come Alive! (I Feel Love)
Tricia Laughlin Bloom
About the author
Adriana Greci Green is Curator of Indigenous Arts of the Americas at the Fralin Museum of Art, University of Virginia, and a Research Collaborator in the Department of Anthropology at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
Tricia Laughlin Bloom is Curator of American Art at the Newark Museum, a position she has held since 2015. Previously Bloom was Associate Curator of Exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum.
Summary
Lavishly illustrated with over 80 full-colour images, this book includes original art and artifacts from the distant past as well as modern work by Native American artists. Works included are clothing (such as robes and hats), everyday items (such as blankets, pots, and baskets) and artwork (such as paintings on animal hide and figurines).
