Water, Wind, Breath - Southwest Native Art in the Barnes Foundation

The Barnes Foundation's historic Pueblo and Navajo collections are explored alongside works by contemporary Native American artistsThis 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 FoundationExhibition Schedule:The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia(February 20-May 15, 2022)

Product details

• Authors: Lucy F Williams, Lucy Fowler Williams
• Assisted by: Lucy Fowler Williams (Editor), Williams Lucy Fowler (Editor)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9780300264128
• ISBN: 978-0-300-26412-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 250 mm x 293 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; ART / History / General, Art of indigenous peoples, Decorative arts, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, DESIGN / Decorative Arts, Indigenous Peoples, History of Art, Relating to indigenous peoples, Exhibition catalogues & specific collections, The Americas, Exhibition catalogues and specific collections, ART / Indigenous