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Mother earth father sky : a written accompaniment to the thesis exhibition
Peyachew, Lionel Auburn
| Originalveröffentlichung: |
| (2000) http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape4/PQDD_0019/MQ55185.pdf |
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| BK - Klassifikation: |
| 73.62 |
| Sondersammelgebiete: |
| 6.33 Indigene Völker Nordamerikas und der Arktis |
| DDC-Sachgruppe: |
| Ethnologie |
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| Bericht / Forschungsbericht / Abhandlung |
| ISBN: |
| 0-612-55185-7 |
| Sprache: |
| Englisch |
| Erstellungsjahr: |
| 2000 |
| Publikationsdatum: |
| 27.04.2009 |
| Kurzfassung auf Deutsch: |
| The installation MOTHER EARTH FATHER SKY is a departurepoint from previous sculptures that I created in my undergraduate degree, when I started to bridge the European philosophy of art with my own Native cultural heritage. By living and experiencing the combination of these two worlds, it has made me aware of the conflict North American Native art faces in the dilemma of classifying art as either high art or as craft art.
After recognizing that most Native American fabricating was and still is romanticized, it will always be housed under the roof of an anthropological museum. I believe the key to breaking the tradition of this dogma is to learn a wide variety of techniques of art making from many cultural sources. But most of all, it is imperative that an artist be connected to his or her roots even if they have but a strand left connected to Mother Earth. After all, culture is art and art is culture. This paper outlines my experiences and discoveries living in diverse cultures. I will examine various historical artistic ractices that gives relevance to my artistic growth as I make sense of where my esthetic creations belong in the two worlds in which I live in.
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