9781773270425-1773270427-People Among the People: The Public Art of Susan Point

People Among the People: The Public Art of Susan Point

ISBN-13: 9781773270425
ISBN-10: 1773270427
Author: Robert D. Watt
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: Figure 1 Publishing
Format: Hardcover 208 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781773270425
ISBN-10: 1773270427
Author: Robert D. Watt
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: Figure 1 Publishing
Format: Hardcover 208 pages

Summary

People Among the People: The Public Art of Susan Point (ISBN-13: 9781773270425 and ISBN-10: 1773270427), written by authors Robert D. Watt, was published by Figure 1 Publishing in 2019. With an overall rating of 3.8 stars, it's a notable title among other Monographs (Individual Artists, Criticism, Arts History & Criticism, History, Appreciation, Sculpture) books. You can easily purchase or rent People Among the People: The Public Art of Susan Point (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Monographs books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.63.

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Susan Point’s unique artworks have been credited with almost single-handedly reviving the traditional Coast Salish art style. Once nearly lost to the effects of colonization, the crescents, wedges, and human and animal forms characteristic of the art of Indigenous peoples living around the Salish Sea can now be seen around the world, reinvigorated with modern materials and techniques, in her serigraphs and public art installations―and in the works of a new generation of artists that she’s inspired.

People Among the People beautifully displays the breadth of Susan Point’s public art, from cast-iron manhole covers to massive carved cedar spindle whorls, installed in locations from Vancouver to Zurich. Through extensive interviews and access to her archives, Robert D. Watt tells the story of each piece, whether it’s the evolution from sketch to carving to casting, or the significance of the images and symbolism, which is informed by surviving traditional Salish works Point has studied and the Oral Traditions of her Musqueam family and elders.

In her long quest to re-establish a Coast Salish footprint in Southwest British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest of the US, Point has received many honours, including the Order of Canada and the Audain Lifetime Achievement Award. This gorgeous and illuminating book makes it clear they are all richly deserved.

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