Where the Power Is: Indigenous Perspectives on Northwest Coast Art

SKU: 9781773270517

Author:
Bill McLennan, Karen Duffek, Jordan Wilson
Grade Levels:
Adult Education
Nation:
Northwest Coast
Book Type:
Hardcover
Pages:
372
Publisher:
Figure 1 Publishing
Copyright Date:
2021

Price:
Sale price$65.00

Description

Where the Power Is: Indigenous Perspectives on Northwest Coast Art brings together contemporary Indigenous knowledge holders with extraordinary works of historical Northwest Coast art that transcend the category of “art” or “artifact” and embody distinct ways of knowing and being in the world. Dozens of Indigenous artists and community members visited the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia to engage with these objects and learn from the hands of their ancestors. The photographs and their commentaries speak to the connections between tangible and intangible cultural belongings; how “art” remains part of Northwest Coast peoples” ongoing relationships to their territories and governance; Indigenous experiences of reconnection, reclamation, and return; and critical and necessary conversations around the role of museums. Karen Duffek, Curator of Contemporary Visual Arts and Pacific Northwest at MOA, and Jordan Wilson, Musqueam, have edited this book.

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