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Northwest Coast Kwakwaka'wakw art is renowned for its flamboyant, energetic, and colorful carving and painting. Among the best-known practitioners was Doug Cranmer, whose style was understated, elegant, fresh, and unique and whose work quickly found an international following in the 1960s. Named K'esu', or Wealth Being Carved, as a child, he was an early player in the global, commercial art market and one of the first Native artists in British Columbia to own his own gallery. A long-time teacher, he inspired generations of young Native artists in Alert Bay and beyond.
This beautifully illustrated book is a record of the art, life, and influence of a man who called himself a "whittler" or "doodler" but who embodied "indigenous modern" well before the term had been coined. He pioneered abstract and non-figurative paintings using Northwest Coast ovoids and U-shapes; embraced the practice of silk-screening on wood, paper, and burlap; and adapted power tools to new applications in art. Skillfully weaving recollections from his friends and family, facts about his life and examples of his stunning artwork, K'esu' is a wide-ranging celebration of Doug Cranmer and his profound influence on Kwakwaka'wakw art.
Jennifer Kramer is curator of the Pacific Northwest, Museum of Anthropology, and assistant professor of anthropology at the University of British Columbia.
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Fully illustrated and engagingly written, Kesu' is the first book to honor Kwakwaka'wakw artist Doug Cranmer's groundbreaking work.
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Jennifer Kramer is curator of the Pacific Northwest, Museum of Anthropology, and assistant professor of anthropology at the University of British Columbia.
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- PublisherUniversity of Washington Press
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 0295991445
- ISBN 13 9780295991443
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages160
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