7IDANsuu James Hart: A Monumental Practice
2025James Hart, Gwaliga Hart, Michael Audain, and Wade Davis
248 pages (color)
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Born 1952 Massett, Queen Charlotte Islands, Canada. Known for: Totem wood carving, jewelry making, printmaking.
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Below excerpt from: "Reid Controversy" - The Canadian Encyclopedia (online). In 1980, Haida artist Jim Hart was 27 and unfamiliar with city ways when he first arrived in Vancouver from the Queen... Read full biography
Below excerpt from: "Reid Controversy" - The Canadian Encyclopedia (online). In 1980, Haida artist Jim Hart was 27 and unfamiliar with city ways when he first arrived in Vancouver from the Queen Charlottes. When his plane touched down at Vancouver airport, it seemed there were more people in the... Read full biography
Below excerpt from: "Reid Controversy" - The Canadian Encyclopedia (online). In 1980, Haida artist Jim Hart was 27 and unfamiliar with city ways when he first arrived in Vancouver from the Queen Charlottes. When his plane touched down at Vancouver airport, it seemed there were more people in the baggage claim area than in his entire home town of Masset. A slim but powerful carver with a long black ponytail, Hart soon got word that [Bill] Reid [see AskART] wanted him to work for him. Little did... Read full biography
Below excerpt from: "Reid Controversy" - The Canadian Encyclopedia (online). In 1980, Haida artist Jim Hart was 27 and unfamiliar with city ways when he first arrived in Vancouver from the Queen Charlottes. When his plane touched down at Vancouver airport, it seemed there were more people in the baggage claim area than in his entire home town of Masset. A slim but powerful carver with a long black ponytail, Hart soon got word that [Bill] Reid [see AskART] wanted him to work for him. Little did he know that his first job would involve carving the finishing details - known as "surfacing" or putting "the skin on the bird," as one artist describes it. At $10 an hour, Reid wanted him to surface his masterful creation, the 2.4-m-high yellow... Read full biography
Below excerpt from: "Reid Controversy" - The Canadian Encyclopedia (online). In 1980, Haida artist Jim Hart was 27 and unfamiliar with city ways when he first arrived in Vancouver from the Queen Charlottes. When his plane touched down at Vancouver airport, it seemed there were more people in the baggage claim area than in his entire home town of Masset. A slim but powerful carver with a long black ponytail, Hart soon got word that [Bill] Reid [see AskART] wanted him to work for him. Little did he know that his first job would involve carving the finishing details - known as "surfacing" or putting "the skin on the bird," as one artist describes it. At $10 an hour, Reid wanted him to surface his masterful creation, the 2.4-m-high yellow cedar Raven and the First Men. Little did anyone else know that for the next four years, H... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (8)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
From Head to Hand: Art and the Manual
2010Strauss, David Levi224 pagesChallenging Traditions: Contemporary First Nations Art of the Northwest Coast
2009Thom, Ian M186 pages (color)Raven Travelling: Two Centuries of Haida Art (Vancouver Art Gallery)
2006Augaitis, Daina et al182 pages (color)Bill Reid and Beyond: Expanding on Modern Native Art
2004Duffek, Karen, Editor; Charlotte Townsend-Gault; Douglas and McIntyre309 pages (color)St. James Guide to Native North American Artists
1998Matuz, Roger (Editor)691 pagesIn the Shadow of the Sun: Perspectives on Contemporary Native Art (Canadian Museum of Civilization)
1993
(Exhibition catalog)McMaster, Gerald et al538 pagesHaida: Their Art and Culture
1982Drew, Leslie112 pages (color)