The culture can survive - let them speak

by Jeff Burgess

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The culture can survive - let them speak

Artist

Jeff Burgess

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Photograph - Fusion Photography

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This work is based on an original mask with artist unknown. It was photographed at a gallery (by permission) in Victoria, Canada. The original is not cracked and in pristine shape.....modern actually.....though the art was produced by a Canadian Northwest first nation person. I have taken artistic liberty with the work in this presentation with nails, crack, textures, and chain link added. Unfortunately, I did not get the name of the artist that created the mask.

Wikipedia notes that before European contact with the natives of the Northwest the most common creative media was wood as well as stone and copper. After European contact native art included works on paper, canvas, glass. Precious metals were also used. If paint was used, the most common colour was red and black, but yellow was also often used, particularly among Kwakwaka'wakw artists. Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian traditionally produced Chilkat woven regalia, from wool and yellow cedar bark, which was important for civic and ceremonial events, including potlatches.
Patterns that were used depicted include natural forms such as bears, ravens, eagles, orcas, and humans; legendary creatures such as thunderbirds and sisiutls; and abstract forms made up of the characteristic Northwest Coast shapes.
Totem poles are the most well-known artifacts produced using this style. Northwest Coast artists are also notable for producing characteristic "bent-corner" or "bentwood" boxes, masks, and canoes. Northwest Coast designs were also used to decorate traditional First Nations household items such as spoons, ladles, baskets, hats, and paddles; since European contact, the Northwest Coast art style has increasingly been used in gallery-oriented forms such as paintings, prints and sculptures.

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October 20th, 2014

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