
Inuit Modern
The Samuel and Esther Sarick Collection
Greystone Books,Canada (Publisher)
Published on 1. May 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-55365-778-1 (ISBN)
Description
1. This retrospective of modern Inuit art reveals the social, political and cultural transformation of an ancient culture influenced by Euro-Canadian contact. 2. This book features 190 full-colour photographs, beautifully displayed with simple, crisp design. 3. The book's essays situate modern Inuit art within a larger framework that reinterprets the Canadian Arctic, with essays by leading Canadian scholars in the field examining the social, political and cultural transformation through the dynamic lens of colonial influence and agency.
Reviews / Votes
"This book is full of treasures from one of the world's most comprehensive collections of Inuit art. With more than 175 works by Inuit artists, the reader is taken on a journey of the Inuit aesthetic as it evolves from its from traditional roots to a more contemporary and globalized art form." - Globe & Mail Top 100 for 2010, Dec 3, 2010 "The work of Inuit artists has continually evolved in response to the industrialized, bureaucratic culture encroaching from the south. Inuit Modern, an opulent new coffee-table book, displays the astonishing results. The 175 pieces beautifully reproduced here span the last century." - Georgia Straight, Dec 3, 2010More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Canada
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
sewn/stitched
Illustrations
190 colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 255 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
1536 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55365-778-1 (9781553657781)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Ingo Hessel and Gerald McMaster are the co-curators of the Inuit Modern exhibition. Hessel is a freelance curator and author of several books, including Inuit Art: An Introduction. McMaster is the Fredrik S. Eaton Curator of Canadian Art at the Art Gallery of Ontario.