Native American Art the Collections of the Ethnological Museum by Hans-Ulrich Sanner & Peter Bolz
4to. pp. 240. profusely illustrated. paperback wrs. Seattle: The University of Washington Press and Douglas & McIntyre, 2000.
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ISBN-10: 0295979542 / ISBN-13: 9780295979540
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Both exhibition and catalog culminate with a look at the present: Modern Indian art demonstrates that Indians are no mythical beings of the past. They belong to peoples who, despite a 500-year history of persecution and expulsion, have survived and present their rich culture heritage with pride. In their modern paintings they reflect these experiences, enliven traditional forms with new content and build a bridge to the Indian present, their lives on reservations and in the cities