Doris Shadbolt (1918–2003)
Auteur de The Art of Emily Carr
A propos de l'auteur
Doris Shadbolt is one of Canada's most respected and influential art critics and curators. She has held positions at the Art Gallery of Toronto (now the Art Gallery of Ontario), the National Gallery of Canada, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and particularly the Vancouver Art Gallery
Crédit image: Doris Shadbolt
Œuvres de Doris Shadbolt
Bill Reid : [a retrospective exhibition, the Vancouver Art Gallery, November 6 to December 8, 1974] (1974) 3 exemplaires
The Canadian Canvas 1975-76 2 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1918
- Date de décès
- 2003-12
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Canada
- Lieu de naissance
- Preston, Ontario, Canada
- Lieux de résidence
- British Columbia, Canada
- Études
- University of Toronto (Fine Arts)
- Professions
- curator
educator
art historian - Relations
- Shadbolt, Jack
- Organisations
- Vancouver Institute for Visual Arts (Co-founder)
Vancouver Art Gallery - Prix et distinctions
- Order of Canada (1976)
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 8
- Membres
- 242
- Popularité
- #93,893
- Évaluation
- 4.2
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 22
- Langues
- 1
This biography doubling as a look over the shoulder of a versatile artist and into a whole culture opened new worlds to me.
Bill Reid single-handedly revived an artistic tradition that was on the verge of vanishing, and one whose power of conceptualization and bold stylization is well worth studying by today's designers. This he did with daunting versatility in scale and material, from wooden totem poles to golden rings. A great number of his works are shown in this volume and better yet, discussed, allowing full appreciation of the thought behind the forms. Beyond this, it is Haida art as a whole that is evoked and explained, and I don't think it's possible to finish reading without gaining a fascination for it. Personally my impression of that art went from "tight mess of eyes and teeth" that did nothing to my aesthetic sensibilities to "stunning conceptual stylization of reality" that humbled and challenged my designer nature. Bill Reid's works are not just masterpieces of the medium they were made in, they are cultural artifacts.
This superb book, winner of two awards, may address a niche: specific artisans building a library, or students of ethnic or American Indian cultures. Yet if it got me totally enthused about both the man and the people, it would probably convert anyone who can appreciate ancient artistic traditions.… (plus d'informations)