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The Resource Upside down : Arctic realities, [organized by the Menil Collection with Sean Mooney ; curated by Edmund Carpenter]

Upside down : Arctic realities, [organized by the Menil Collection with Sean Mooney ; curated by Edmund Carpenter]

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Contributor
Summary
""Upside Down: Arctic Realities" is an ambitious project that presents rare and significant artifacts from the arctic region. These works, from ancient periods, ranging from 1000 BC to 1400 AD, and from major sites, including Ekven in Russia, Ipiutak in Alaska, and Old Bering Sea cultures, explore the relationship of the aesthetics of native cultures to their remote environment. Selected from international private and public collections, the objects illustrate the culture's sensory perceptions of the landscape, spiritual and physical orientations, and perspectives on the living and imagined universe. As there is no formal distinction between utilitarian and decorative objects in Eskimo art, this show is comprised of a range of works, including everyday objects, amulets, masks, and funerary offerings. In addition, there will be a selection of ceremonial masks from the modern Yup'ik, dating from the 19th century, that represent the persistence of ancient traditions in modern times. This exhibition is based on the ground-breaking scholarship of Dr. Edmund Carpenter who, in the 1973 publication, Eskimo Realities, distinguished Eskimo concepts of art from those of the West. He showed that Eskimo concepts of art are rooted in the creative process itself, focusing on the interaction between artist and material more than the finished product as such."--from Menil Foundation (exhibition)
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • rus
  • eng
Work
Publication
Extent
229 pages
Note
  • Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name held at the Menil Collection, Apr. 15-July 17, 2011
  • Rev. translation of: Upside down : les Arctiques, published in conjunction with the exhibition at the Musée du quai Branly. 2008
  • "Revised and reprinted in English with the cooperation of Musée du quai Branly and Réunion des musées nationaux"--Colophon
Contents
  • Old Bering Sea
  • Edmund Carpenter
  • Ekven : ancient Eskimo art of Ekven : collection of the State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow
  • Mikhail Bronshtein and Kirill Dneprovsky [translated from the Russian by Elizabeth Adams]
  • Ipiutak : the Ipiutak culture : a mysterious people of the Arctic
  • Anne Bahnson
  • Yup'ik : the living tradition of Yup'ik masks
  • Ann Fieniup-Riordan
  • Biography of Edmund Carpenter
  • Lorraine Spiess
  • Arctic realities
  • Edmund Carpenter
  • Upside down
  • Edmund Carpenter
  • Dorset : the art of the Dorset people
  • Robert McGhee and Patricia Sutherland
  • Dorset film
  • Edmund Carpenter
Isbn
9780300169386
Instance
Label
Upside down : Arctic realities
Title
Upside down
Title remainder
Arctic realities
Statement of responsibility
[organized by the Menil Collection with Sean Mooney ; curated by Edmund Carpenter]
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • rus
  • eng
Summary
""Upside Down: Arctic Realities" is an ambitious project that presents rare and significant artifacts from the arctic region. These works, from ancient periods, ranging from 1000 BC to 1400 AD, and from major sites, including Ekven in Russia, Ipiutak in Alaska, and Old Bering Sea cultures, explore the relationship of the aesthetics of native cultures to their remote environment. Selected from international private and public collections, the objects illustrate the culture's sensory perceptions of the landscape, spiritual and physical orientations, and perspectives on the living and imagined universe. As there is no formal distinction between utilitarian and decorative objects in Eskimo art, this show is comprised of a range of works, including everyday objects, amulets, masks, and funerary offerings. In addition, there will be a selection of ceremonial masks from the modern Yup'ik, dating from the 19th century, that represent the persistence of ancient traditions in modern times. This exhibition is based on the ground-breaking scholarship of Dr. Edmund Carpenter who, in the 1973 publication, Eskimo Realities, distinguished Eskimo concepts of art from those of the West. He showed that Eskimo concepts of art are rooted in the creative process itself, focusing on the interaction between artist and material more than the finished product as such."--from Menil Foundation (exhibition)
Cataloging source
BTCTA
Citation location within source
Vol. 26, no. 3/4 (fall/winter 2011), p. 48-49
Citation source
Book review by Susan Gustavison, in Inuit art quarterly,
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
Upside down
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • bibliography
  • catalogs
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1922-2011
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Mooney, Sean
  • Carpenter, Edmund
  • Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.)
  • Musée du quai Branly
  • Réunion des musées nationaux (France)
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.)
  • Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.)
  • Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.)
  • Eskimo art
  • Eskimos
  • Eskimos
  • Arctic peoples
  • Arctic peoples
  • Material culture
  • Arctic regions
  • Culture matérielle
  • Art inuit
  • Inuits
  • Inuits
  • Peuples de l'Arctique
  • Arctique
  • Antiquities
  • Eskimo art
  • Eskimos
  • Eskimos
  • Material culture
  • Arctic Regions
  • Eskimo
  • Kunst
  • Eskimo art
  • Arctic regions
  • Eskimos
  • Eskimos
  • Arctic peoples
  • Material culture
  • Inuitkonst
  • Inuiter
  • Inuiter
  • Cirkumpolära folk
  • Cirkumpolära folk
  • Yupik
  • Yupik
  • Materiell kultur
  • Arktis
Label
Upside down : Arctic realities, [organized by the Menil Collection with Sean Mooney ; curated by Edmund Carpenter]
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name held at the Menil Collection, Apr. 15-July 17, 2011
  • Rev. translation of: Upside down : les Arctiques, published in conjunction with the exhibition at the Musée du quai Branly. 2008
  • "Revised and reprinted in English with the cooperation of Musée du quai Branly and Réunion des musées nationaux"--Colophon
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Old Bering Sea
  • Edmund Carpenter
  • Ekven : ancient Eskimo art of Ekven : collection of the State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow
  • Mikhail Bronshtein and Kirill Dneprovsky [translated from the Russian by Elizabeth Adams]
  • Ipiutak : the Ipiutak culture : a mysterious people of the Arctic
  • Anne Bahnson
  • Yup'ik : the living tradition of Yup'ik masks
  • Ann Fieniup-Riordan
  • Biography of Edmund Carpenter
  • Lorraine Spiess
  • Arctic realities
  • Edmund Carpenter
  • Upside down
  • Edmund Carpenter
  • Dorset : the art of the Dorset people
  • Robert McGhee and Patricia Sutherland
  • Dorset film
  • Edmund Carpenter
Control code
670481337
Dimensions
25 x 27 cm
Extent
229 pages
Isbn
9780300169386
Lccn
2010933926
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 520, 655
Other physical details
illustrations (some color), map
System control number
(OCoLC)670481337
Label
Upside down : Arctic realities, [organized by the Menil Collection with Sean Mooney ; curated by Edmund Carpenter]
Publication
Note
  • Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name held at the Menil Collection, Apr. 15-July 17, 2011
  • Rev. translation of: Upside down : les Arctiques, published in conjunction with the exhibition at the Musée du quai Branly. 2008
  • "Revised and reprinted in English with the cooperation of Musée du quai Branly and Réunion des musées nationaux"--Colophon
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Old Bering Sea
  • Edmund Carpenter
  • Ekven : ancient Eskimo art of Ekven : collection of the State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow
  • Mikhail Bronshtein and Kirill Dneprovsky [translated from the Russian by Elizabeth Adams]
  • Ipiutak : the Ipiutak culture : a mysterious people of the Arctic
  • Anne Bahnson
  • Yup'ik : the living tradition of Yup'ik masks
  • Ann Fieniup-Riordan
  • Biography of Edmund Carpenter
  • Lorraine Spiess
  • Arctic realities
  • Edmund Carpenter
  • Upside down
  • Edmund Carpenter
  • Dorset : the art of the Dorset people
  • Robert McGhee and Patricia Sutherland
  • Dorset film
  • Edmund Carpenter
Control code
670481337
Dimensions
25 x 27 cm
Extent
229 pages
Isbn
9780300169386
Lccn
2010933926
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 520, 655
Other physical details
illustrations (some color), map
System control number
(OCoLC)670481337

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