Collective Willeto: The Visionary Carvings of a Navajo Artist

Collective Willeto: The Visionary Carvings of a Navajo Artist
ISBN-10
0890133972
ISBN-13
9780890133972
Category
Art / History / General
Pages
115
Language
English
Published
2002
Publisher
Museum of New Mexico Press
Authors
Shonto Begay, Charlie Willeto

Description

Navajo medicine man Charlie Willeto (1897-1964) was also an artist--known for his ritualist figures of human and animal forms that carry the potency of the Navajo spirit while transcending to the realm of the mythic--who took up carving late in his life and found himself at the forefront of Navajo folk artists. This book presents some one hundred of Willeto's alluring visionary figures, and the accompanying essays discuss Willeto's remarkable art and life, including the taboo nature of Willeto's art.

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