Native American Art
Subtitle: The Collections of the Ethnological Museum Berlin
Contributors: Ethnologisches Museum Berlin (Corporate Author)
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: June 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780295979540
Subjects: American - Native American; Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - Museum; Folk & Outsider Art; Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies; Native American Art; Permanent Collection Catalogs; Art & Art Instruction; Catalogs; Indian art; Indians of North America; Material culture; North America; Art
Description: "Catalog and exhibition both begin with a prologue that looks critically at the cliche images that still influence the public conception of North American Indians. The less-well-known German contribution to Indian cliches, from Karl May's Winnetou to Indian-hobbyism, receives prominent treatment here.

After this introduction comes the main body of the exhibition and catalog, which shows that the best way to understand the simple-mindedness of Indian cliches is to view the great variety of Indian lifestyles and their material products.".

"Both exhibition and catalog culminate with a look at the present: Modern Indian art demonstrates that Indians are no mythical beings of the past. They belong to peoples who, despite a 500-year history of persecution and expulsion, have survived and present their rich culture heritage with pride. In their modern paintings they reflect these experiences, enliven traditional forms with new content and build a bridge to the Indian present, their lives on reservations and in the cities."--BOOK JACKET.