The trickster shift
Subtitle: humour and irony in contemporary native art
By: Allan J. Ryan.
Publisher: University of Washington Press; Univ of Washington Pr
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Seattle, Wa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: Indian art -- Canada; Indian painting -- Canada; Tricksters in art; Art criticism -- Canada; Indian wit and humor, Pictorial -- Canada; Irony in art
Description: The influence and power of the Trickster figure - often embodied as Coyote - is deeply entwined with Native cultural sensibility and expressed through wry, ironic humour. In this entertaining and innovative book, Allan I.

Ryan explores the Trickster's presence in the work of outstanding artists such as Carl Beam, Rebecca Belmore, Bob Boyer, Joane Cardinal-Schubert, George Littlechild, Jim Logan, Gerald McMaster, Shelley Niro, Ron Noganosh, Jane Ash Poitras, Edward Poitras, Bill Powless, and Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun.

The Trickster Shift not only presents some of the most stunningly original examples of contemporary Native art but also allows the artists to offer their own insights into the creative process and the nature of Native humour.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.