书名：Yua: Spirit of the Arctic : Highlights from the Thomas G. Fowler Collection / 尤亚：北极精神：托马斯·G·福勒收藏精选
定价：278.0
ISBN：9783791359458
作者：Olcott,H C
版次：1
出版时间：2020-12

内容提要：

书名：Yua: Spirit of the Arctic : Highlights from the Thomas G. Fowler Collection / 尤亚：北极精神：托马斯·G·福勒收藏精选
作者：Olcott,H C
出版：Prestel，2020年
装帧：精装，140页
尺寸：21.5*25.5cm

本书是阿拉斯加原住民和加拿大因纽特艺术家创作的非凡作品合集，颂扬了他们的创造力和技艺，同时关注了北极的历史与文化。艺术家、冒险家、收藏家托马斯·G.福勒（Thomas G. Fowler）在其一生中收集了一批丰富多样的北极地区本土艺术家作品。他的灵感来自于“由亚”（Yua）的概念，即认为包括物体在内所有事物的内在，都具有一种独特本质或精神。

福勒收藏的作品体现了这一观点，并强调了制作这些作品的原材料——海象的长牙、鲸鱼骨、浮木、石头，它们暗示了北极的环境，证明了福勒对形式和设计的欣赏。这些作品可以追溯至公元前300年到21世纪，他的收藏同时包括日常使用和装饰观赏的物品：器皿、武器、舞蹈服装、因纽特人的独木舟模型、装饰性烟斗和木板。

书中还介绍了因纽特当代艺术家的动态综合媒介雕塑，如亚伯拉罕·安希克·鲁本（Abraham Anghik Ruben）、大卫·鲁本·皮克图昆（David Ruben Piqtoukun）、犹大·乌卢拉克（Judas Ullulaq）和苏茜·西鲁克（Susie Silook）。

本书通过彩色插图重点介绍了80件作品，探讨了与北美的北极地区有关的各种主题：白令海峡的古老文化、阿拉斯加西北部具有重大历史意义的生活方式、尤皮克舞蹈（Yup'ik dance）的精神，以及福勒收集北极艺术品的历史。书中将艺术史、人类学论文与现代艺术家和学者生动的个人叙述相结合，探讨了人类与环境之间的联系，以及精神、日常事物、北极生活美学之间的相互关联。

This superb collection of works by Native Alaskan and Canadian Inuit artists celebrates their creativity and skill while highlighting the history and culture of the Arctic.

Over the course of his life, artist, adventurer, and collector Thomas G. Fowler gathered a rich and diverse group of works by Native artists from the Arctic. He was inspired by the concept of yua, a recognition that all things, including objects, have a unique inner essence or spirit. The works in his collection embody this view and highlight the raw materials used to make them--walrus tusk, whale bone, driftwood, stone--evoking the Arctic environment and attesting to Fowler's appreciation of form and design. With works dating from 300 BCE to the 21st century, his collection includes objects meant to be used and admired: utensils, weapons, dance regalia, kayak models, decorative pipes, and cribbage boards. It also features dynamic, mixed-media sculptures by contemporary artists such as Abraham Anghik Ruben, David Ruben Piqtoukun, Judas Ullulaq, and Susie Silook. With color illustrations highlighting eighty objects, this book explores a variety of topics relating to the North American Arctic region: the ancient cultures of the Bering Strait, historic ways of life in northwestern Alaska, the ethos of Yup'ik dance, and the history of collecting Arctic art. Combining art historical and anthropological essays with lively, personal accounts from modern artists and scholars, the volume explores the connection between humans and the environment, the interwoven nature of the spiritual and the quotidian, and the aesthetics of Arctic life.

Published with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco