Spirito Lakota

Un libro da non perdere per tutti gli appassionati di Nativi Americani. L'artista Lakota Jim Yellowhawk racconta, con parole e stupende opere, il passato e il presente del suo fiero popolo. Le Black Hills, Toro seduto, Cavallo Pazzo, i pow wow, le tradizioni sono narrati attraverso immagini bellissime e simboli ancestrali. Attraverso una fantastica raccolta di sue opere, Jim Yellowhawk ci dischiude le porte della cultura Lakota e ci racconta le cerimonie e la storia del suo popolo. Contiene 70 tavole a colori. L'opera è completamente bilingue, con testo in italiano e in inglese. L'opera ha la introduzione del disegnatore bonelliano Marco Ghion, la nota critica dell'artista Carlo Gentili, e le note esplicative a cura di Raffaella Milandri, scrittrice e attivista per i Popoli Indigeni.
L'Autore: Jim Yellowhawk, membro della Banda Itazipco della Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe e della tribù Onandoga della Nazione Irochese, da parte di madre, è stato immerso nella arte dei suoi antenati sin da ragazzo. Jim Yellowhawk è un artista Nativo Americano conosciuto a livello internazionale, molto apprezzato per la sua tradizionale ledger art; rappresenta nelle sue opere il patrimonio Lakota spirituale e culturale, ma anche il tempo attuale, con vari mezzi espressivi e arte socio-politica, entrambi esposti in gallerie intorno al mondo. Attualmente risiede nelle Black Hills del Sud Dakota.
A book not to be missed for all Native American lovers. Lakota artist Jim Yellowhawk tells, with words and beautiful works, the past and present of his proud people. The Black Hills, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, pow wows, traditions are narrated through marvelous images and ancestral symbols. With a fantastic collection of his works, Jim Yellowhawk opens the doors of Lakota culture and tells us about traditions, ceremonies, the history of his people. The work is completely bilingual, with text in Italian and English. Available also in paper edition.
Jim Yellowhawk, a member of the Itazipco Band of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and the Onandoga tribe of the Iroquois Nation, by his mother, has been immersed in the art of his ancestors since he was a boy. Jim Yellowhawk is an internationally known Native American artist, highly regarded for his traditional ledger art; in his works he represents the spiritual and cultural Lakota heritage, but also the present time, with various means of expression and socio-political art, both exhibited in galleries around the world. He currently resides in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
Jim Yellowhawk, a member of the Itazipco Band of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and the Onandoga tribe of the Iroquois Nation, by his mother, has been immersed in the art of his ancestors since he was a boy. Jim Yellowhawk is an internationally known Native American artist, highly regarded for his traditional ledger art; in his works he represents the spiritual and cultural Lakota heritage, but also the present time, with various means of expression and socio-political art, both exhibited in galleries around the world. He currently resides in the Black Hills of South Dakota

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