Gary Wyatt
Gary Wyatt is one of Canada’s foremost experts on art of the Northwest Coast and the co-owner of Spirit Wrestler Gallery, Vancouver’s leading gallery of First Nations art. He was educated at the Alberta College of Art and the University of British Columbia, where he also interned in museum studies and Northwest Coast art at the Museum of Anthropology. He was the curator of the Northwest Coast collection at the Inuit Gallery from 1987 to 1995. His books Spirit Faces: Contemporary Masks of the Northwest Coast and Mythic Beings: Spirit Art of the Northwest Coast were international best-sellers. He lives in Vancouver, BC.
Books (1)
Echoes of the Supernatural: The Graphic Art of Robert Davidson
$70.00
Format:
Hardcover
Text Content Territories:
Indigenous Canadian; First Nations; Haida;
ISBN / Barcode: 9781773271903
Synopsis:
Synopsis:
Over six decades of brilliant prints and paintings from the most prominent Northwest Coast artist of his generation.
Since leaving Haida Gwaii to study art in Vancouver - where he carved argillite with Bill Reid in a department store and hand-sold prints on the UBC campus - Guud sans glans, Robert Davidson has moved between two worlds. As a host of Potlaches, carver of masks and totem poles, and performer and teacher of traditional Haida songs and dances, he has been one of the driving forces in the resurgence of Haida culture in the aftermath of colonization. As an artist working in serigraphs, acrylic, wood, silver, and aluminum to preserve and breathe new life into Haida formline, he has become among the most respected, celebrated, and thrilling artists in the country, if not the world.
Echoes of the Supernatural is the first publication in over forty years to offer a comprehensive visual retrospective of his astonishing career. It includes new photography of over 150 prints, as well as images of over fifty paintings; numerous painted woven hats, painted and carved sculptures, jewellery, aluminum sculpture; and dozens of archival photos. His long-time gallerist Gary Wyatt, who worked closely with Davidson in shaping the book and received full access to his archives, details the artist's life and career, and offers insights on the work based on extensive new interviews. A foreword by Karen Duffek situates the contours of Davidson's practice within the broader Northwest Coast art world.
Additional Information
288 pages | 9.01" x 11.43" | Hardcover
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