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list price: $35.00
edition:Paperback
category: Art
published: Dec 2005
ISBN:9781553651390
publisher: Douglas & McIntyre

Manawa

Pacific Heartbeat

by Nigel Reading & Gary Wyatt

tagged: native american, canadian
Description

This spectacular collection of contemporary works from 32 Maori and 12 Northwest Coast artists will coincide with a new exhibition in the Spirit Wrestler Gallery in Vancouver in February 2006. Manawa explores the cross-cultural connection, including an affinity for weaving and wood sculpture that is common to both cultures.

 

Forty pieces of Maori art and 20 works of Northwest Coast art have been produced especially for this publication, including mixed media by Susan Point and wood sculptures by Dempsey Bob. Each artist has also contributed stories about their artworks. Beautifully designed and produced, Manawa is a must-have for lovers of aboriginal art and those interested in cross-cultural exchange. Accompanying the art is a text by distinguished Maori and Northwest Coast writers that sets the historical context.

About the Authors
Nigel Reading oversees the Inuit collection at the Spirit Wrestler Gallery, particularly exhibitions of the new generation of Inuit artists.

Gary Wyatt has been a co-owner of the Spirit Wrestler Gallery in Vancouver since 1995, before which he was curator of the Northwest Coast collection at the Inuit Gallery of Vancouver. His previous books, Spirit Faces and Mythic Beings, were published to critical acclaim.
Awards
  • Runner-up, Alcuin Society Book Design Awards - Pictoral
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