From the Playground of the Gods: The Life and Art of Bikky Sunazawa - Softcover

Dubreuil, Chisato O.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0967342988 ISBN 13: 9780967342986

Publisher: Smithsonian Inst/Motoko Ikeda Spiegel, 2005

Synopsis

"Bikky Sunazawa’s art was unknown in North America and relatively little-known outside Hokkaido, Japan, when the Smithsonian opened its special Ainu exhibition [in 1999]. Conceived to explore the relationship of history, culture, and art of the Ainu people with other North Pacific native groups, the exhibition included a large section of contemporary Ainu sculpture, painting, graphic arts, and textile arts. The largest body of work was sculptures created by Bikky Sunazawa. . . . This is the first English-language book devoted to Bikky’s life and the most complete presentation of his principal artworks. . . . [It] is the most comprehensive treatment of the artist who became the pivot point in the development of modern Ainu fine art." ―from the Preface by William W. Fitzhugh

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Review

"This is the first English-language book devoted to Bikky's life and the most complete presentation of his principal artworks.... [It] is the most comprehensive treatment of the artist who became the pivot point in the development of modern Ainu fine art." - from the Preface by William W. Fitzhugh"

About this edition

• Publisher: Smithsonian Inst/Motoko Ikeda Spiegel
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0967342988
• ISBN 13: 9780967342986
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128