Nicola Levell

Broschiertes Buch

The Seriousness of Play: The Art of Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas

Beschreibung

Yahgulanaas has been exhibited internationally and his books and graphic novels?including RED, Flight of the Hummingbird, A Tale of Two Shamans and Hachidori?have been published in the United States, Canada, Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, Abu Dhabi, Serbia and Spain. The Seriousness of Play coincides with an exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum and is supported by a number of other exhibition fixtures in Japan and Europe.

Autor

Nicola Levell is an assistant professor of museum and visual anthropology at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver). Her current research, publications and curatorial practice focus on the creative interplay between art and anthropology. Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (born 1954) is a visual artist, and creator of Haida Manga. His wide-ranging artistic practice explores themes of identity, environmentalism and the human condition. Influenced by both the tradition of Haida iconography and contemporary Asian visual culture, he has created an artistic practice that crosses diverse cultures, generations, and disciplines. Jonathan King is a visual anthropologist, who completed nearly 40 years at the British Museum, London, UK, leaving in 2012 as Keeper of Anthropology. Currently he is working on the Von Hugel Fellow at Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge, he is working on the Arctic collections from Nunavut, and also completing writing projects about museums, the history of galleries and exhibitions, and an introduction to Native North America.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Black Dog Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 279mm x 229mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 826g
• ISBN-13: 9781910433119
• ISBN-10: 191043311X
• Artikelnr.: 41564675