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Sakahan : international indigenous art

documentary heritage
  • Other Name

    International indigenous art (Alternate title)

  • Description

    "Sakahan is the National Gallery of Canada's largest survey of recent Indigenous art to date; over 150 works by more than 75 artists from the Americas, Asia, Oceania, Europe and Africa are highlighted. This remarkable and ambitious project recognizes the great importance of Indigenous art in Canada and around the world, and the beautiful full-colour catalogue features essays on recent developments in the field."--Publisher's information.

  • Place
  • Other Id

    N6351.2.I53 HIL (Library of Congress Call Number)

    85796 (Cat ID)

    85674 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type
  • Name/Title
    Sakahan : international indigenous art
  • Other Name

    International indigenous art (Alternate title)

  • Primary Maker
  • Contributor/Publisher
    National Gallery of Canada
  • Place
  • Date
    2013?
  • Physical Description

    285 pages : colour illustrations ; 25 cm

  • ISBN/ISSN
    9780888849120
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    1 item in this collection. View all items.

  • Subject Category
  • Content
    Sakahan: to light a fire / Albert Dumont
    Introduction : At the crossroads of indigeneity, globalization and contemporary art / Christine Lalonde
    On other pictures: imperialism, historical amnesia and mimesis / Candice Hopkins
    Reviewing cinema: indigenous film and video / Linda Grussani
    Native cosmototemic art / Gerald Vizenor
    The emergence of global indigenous art / Jolene Rickard
    Sami art between the local and the global / Irene Snarby
    Aboriginalisthan in the Gallery / Annapurna Garimella
    The state of Maori art in an international context / Ngahiraka Mason
    The development of indigenous art in Taiwan / Yuh-Yao Wan
    No man's land?: coloniality of power and indigenous struggle in Latin America / Catalina Lozano
    Laughter and iconography / Abraham Cruzvillegas and Jimena Mendoza
    The view from here / Jimmy Manning
    Afterward : Looking back to Sakahan / Greg Hill.
  • Public Access Text

    Issued also in French under title: Sakahan, art indigene international. "Published in conjunction with the exhibition Sakahan: international indigenous art, organized by the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, and presented in Ottawa from 17 May to 2 September 2013."--Page [6]. Bibliography: pages 273-277.

  • Collection Type
    Reading Room
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023
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