Most serene republics : Edgar Heap of Birds

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DVD

Most serene republics : Edgar Heap of Birds / edited by Kathleen Ash-Milby and Truman T. Lowe.

Ash-Milby, Kathleen E. (Added Author). Lowe, Truman, 1944- (Added Author). Heap of Birds, Edgar. (Added Author). National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) (Added Author).

Summary:

Edgar Heap of Birds (Cheyenne/Arapaho, b. 1954) is the creator of some of the earliest and most memorable Native American conceptual art. Drawing on language and history, his public art installations, paintings, prints, and drawings explore the often-contested relationship between non-Indian historical accounts and Native memory. In this book, which grew out of the museum's sponsorship of Heap of Birds's Most Serene Republics at the 2007 Venice Biennale, influential writer Lucy Lippard approaches the artist's work from an activist's perspective. She is joined by art critic Jean Fisher, who provides a critical overview of Heap of Birds's contributions from the 1980s to today, and co-curators and editors Ash-Milby and Lowe, writing on the Biennale exhibition. An original DVD bound into the book features conversations with the artist and footage of his work in Venice.

Record details

ISBN: 9781933565125
ISBN: 1933565128
Physical Description: 95 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, 2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 86-92).
Formatted Contents Note:: Foreword / Kevin Gover -- Introduction. On the horizon / Truman T. Lowe -- Remembering the future : tradition and modernity in the work of Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds / Jean Fisher -- Signs of unrest : activist art by Edgar Heap of Birds / Lucy R. Lippard -- Most serene republics / Kathleen Ash-Milby -- Artist biography and bibliography -- Contributors.