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KEY SELLING POINTS 1. MAJESTERIAL: Lavishly illustrated with approximately 100 images, Creation and Transformation is the most comprehensive book of Inuit art published to date. 2. WORLD CLASS: Canada's oldest civic art institution, the Winnipeg Art Gallery celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2012, so there will be much attention on its collection throughout the year. There are 11,000 Inuit pieces in their collection, making it the largest and most diverse in the world. 3. AUTHENTIC: The text includes commentary from the artists themselves, not just art historians. 4. INTERNATIONAL APPEAL: There is strong interest in Inuit Art in Europe and there are many European collectors who will want to have this book in their library.
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About the Author
Darlene Coward Wight has curated over 70 group and solo exhibitions of Inuit Art at the Winnipeg Art Gallery and has been published in numerous articles and 18 exhibition catalogues. She lives in Winnipeg, MB.
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. As New condition; Oversized; This book describes the genesis and evolution of contemporary Inuit art from its inception to the present day; from carvers in the 1950s to later storytellers in stone and in whale bone; and from pioneer graphic artist Jessie Oonark to artists working today in new and personal idioms. Charting dramatic transformations over six decades, this is a celebration of creative expression in the Arctic. Seller Inventory # 004494
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