Main entry:

Winnipeg Art Gallery, current owner, host institution.

Title & Author:

Creation and transformation : defining moments in Inuit art / Darlene Coward Wight, editor and curator ; with texts by Susan Gustavison, Ingo Hessel, Christine Lalonde, and Norman Vorano.

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Publication:

Vancouver ; Toronto ; Berkeley : Douglas & McIntyre Publishers ; Winnipeg : Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2013.
©2012

Description:

xi, 228 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 32 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Director's foreword / Stephen Borys -- Preface / Darlene Coward Wight -- Inuit art at the Winnipeg Art Gallery: an introduction / Darlene Coward Wight -- Birth of an art form: 1949 to 1959 / Darlene Coward Wight -- The globalization of Inuit art in the 1950s and 1960s / Norman Vorano -- The 1960s: the rise of Inuit co-operatives / Darlene Coward Wight -- The 1970s: expansion and diversification / Darlene Coward Wight -- 1980s: Recession and recovery / Darlene Coward Wight -- The 1990s: between two worlds / Darlene Coward Wight -- New directions in Inuit art since 2000 / Christine Lalonde -- Canadian art dealers embrace Inuit art / Susan Gustavison -- Inuit art publications by the Winnipeg Art Gallery.

Exhibitions:

Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Winnipeg Art Gallery from 24 January to 7 April 2013.

Summary:

The collection of Inuit art held by the Winnipeg Art Gallery is internationally renowned for its geographic range, diverse media, and size. The WAG celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2012-13, and this book captures the excitement of the Gallery's major 2012 exhibition. Creation and Transformation describes the genesis and evolution of contemporary Inuit art from 1949 to the present day, from carvers in the 1950s to today's graphic artists.

ISBN:

9781926812892
1926812891

Subject:

Winnipeg Art Gallery Exhibitions.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Inuit art Canada Exhibitions.
Eskimo art Canada Exhibitions.
Art Manitoba Winnipeg Exhibitions.
Art Inuit Canada Expositions.
Art Manitoba Winnipeg Expositions.
Art
Eskimo art
Inuit art
Eskimo
Kunst
Canada
Manitoba Winnipeg
Kanada

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Wight, Darlene, editor, curator.
Gustavison, Susan J. (Susan Joan), 1945- editor.
Vorano, Norman David, 1973- editor.
Lalonde, Christine, 1965- editor.
Borys, Stephen D. (Stephen Donald), writer of foreword.

Defining moments in Inuit art

Holdings:

Location: Library main 325244
Call No.: 325244
Copy: 1
Status: Available