Water, Wind, Breath

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Southwest Native Art in the Barnes Foundation

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Water, Wind, Breath reveals the Barnes Foundation's treasured collection of Pueblo and Navajo art, including pottery, textiles, and jewellery, gathered in the early 1930s by Albert C. Barnes. This richly illustrated volume pairs historic artefacts with works by contemporary Native American artists, exploring the enduring creative traditions, spiritual meanings, and cultural identities of the Southwest's Indigenous peoples through postcolonial and Indigenous perspectives.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in Native American art, history, and culture, as well as students and scholars of Indigenous studies and collectors of Southwestern art.

The Barnes Foundation’s historic Pueblo and Navajo collections are explored alongside works by contemporary Native American artists

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The Barnes Foundation’s historic Pueblo and Navajo collections are explored alongside works by contemporary Native American artists

This richly illustrated book makes the Barnes Foundation’s exceptional collection of Native American art from the Southwest available to the public for the first time. Collector and educator Albert C. Barnes travelled to the U.S. Southwest in 1930 and 1931 and, deeply impressed by the generative art practices he saw there, formed a collection of Pueblo and Navajo pottery, textiles, and jewellery.

Water, Wind, Breath illuminates the materials, forms, and designs of the objects as they relate to Pueblo and Navajo histories and ideas. The book blends postcolonial and Indigenous perspectives, introducing readers to living artistic traditions filled with purpose, intention, and a deeply embedded spirituality that connects places, practices, and Native identities.

Works by contemporary Native American artists are juxtaposed with historic pieces, illuminating the connections between heritage traditions and modern practices.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780300264128

Publisher: Yale University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 10 May 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Yale University Press

Illustration: 260 color illus.

Contributors:

Edited by Lucy Fowler Williams
Contributions by Antonio Chavarria
Contributions by TahNibaa Naataanii
Contributions by Ken Williams
Contributions by Robert Bauver
Contributions by Laurie D. Webster

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 241.0mm

Height: 286.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 224

Collections

Arts & Culture Education & Reference Non-Fiction

About the Author

Lucy Fowler Williams is associate curator-in-charge and Jeremy A. Sabloff Senior Keeper of American Collections of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.