Close Encounters: The Next 500 Years - Hardcover

Sherry Farrell Racette (ed.); Candice Hopkins; Steve Loft; Lee-Ann Martin; Jenny Western

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0921381360 ISBN 13: 9780921381365

Publisher: Plug In Editions / ABC Art Books Canada, 2011

Close Encounters: The Next 500 Years documents a ground-breaking exhibition of contemporary Indigenous art with artists from Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and South America. Through a myriad of histories, trajectories, tensions, collisions, and self-images, 34 artists imagine the future within the context of present experiences and past histories. By radically reconsidering encounter narratives between native and non-native people, Indigenous prophecies, possible utopias and apocalypses, these artists propose intriguing possibilities for the next 500 years. More than an exhibition catalogue, this essay collection provides a thorough, expansive and diversified exploration of the future of indigenous culture. Profusely illustrated with dozens of color plates, fold-outs and visual surprises, an extensive bibliography and complete artist biographies.

From the Inside Flap:

Artists: KC Adams, Maria Thereza Alves, Shuvinai Ashoona, Mary Anne Barkhouse, Michael Belmore, Rebecca Belmore, Colleen Cutschall, Wally Dion, Jimmie Durham, Rosalie Favell, Jeffrey Gibson, Brett Graham, Faye HeavyShield, Marja Helander, Jonathan Jones, Brian Jungen,  James Luna, Kavavaow Mannomee, Tracey Moffatt, Kent Monkman, Reuben Paterson, Archer Pechawis, Edward Poitras, Postcommodity, Pudlo Pudlat, Lisa Reihana, Paul-Anders Simma, Doug Smarch Jr., Skawennati,  Christian Thompson, Marie Watt, Linus Woods, Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun.

• Publisher: Plug In Editions / ABC Art Books Canada
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0921381360
• ISBN 13: 9780921381365
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224