Edgar Heap of Birds / Bill Anthes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anthes, Bill, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heap of Birds, Edgar--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Heap of Birds, Edgar.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xvi, 216 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2015.

Summary:

For over three decades, contemporary Native American artist Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds has pursued a disciplined practice in multiple media, having shown his paintings, drawings, prints, and text-based conceptual art throughout numerous national and international galleries and public spaces. In the first book-length study of this important artist, Bill Anthes analyzes Heap of Birds's art and politics in relation to the international contemporary art scene, Native American history, and settler colonialism. Foregrounding how Heap of Birds roots his practice in Cheyenne spirituality and an indigenous way of seeing and being in the world, Anthes describes how Heap of Birds likens his art to "sharp rocks"-weapons delivering trenchant critiques of the loss of land, life, and autonomy endured by Native Americans. Whether appearing as interventions in public spaces or in a gallery, Heap of Birds's carefully honed artworks pose questions about time, modernity, identity, power, and the meaning and value of contemporary art in a global culture. Book jacket.

Contents:

Land

Words

Histories

Generations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-199) and index.

ISBN:

9780822359814

0822359812

9780822359944

0822359944

OCLC:

896787447