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Title: Oaxacan Woodcarving: The Magic in the Trees by Shepard Barbash, Vicki Ragan ISBN: 0-8118-0250-7 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Oaxacan Woodcarving
Comment: This a beautiful and colorful book about Oaxacan Woodcarvings. It illustrates their vivid history and humble beginnings by folk-artisans in Mexico.
Latin American crafts are special because they're created by people who have a passion for life. They express it in their art with vibrant colors and whimsical expressions.
I sincerely appreciate the work that goes into creating these figures. This book captures all of the above and more.
Rating: 5
Summary: Not just a picture book, but a book about people...
Comment: I picked this book up just recently and was rather delighted by what I found. Vicki Ragan's photos are lovely, but it is Shepard Barbash's text that is the real delight here. How many of those who buy this book will be like the lady below who, apparently without reading the text, complains that the book does not feature all her favorite artists and all the little alien figures which she is sure are the most important images coming out of Oaxaca?
Please do buy this book, enjoy the lovely pictures, but then read the text. Barbash raises, rather subtlely, the question of whether these woodcarvings are folk art or a response to a commercial demand; he questions whether we are right to put our own "surrealist" readings on these wonderful little figures which are hardly conceived out of some sort of pychological dream matter.
Instead he puts this work into its proper context. These wonderful, brightly colored woodcarvings are the work of individuals with their own stories, hopes and fears -- for whom the incomprehensible wealth and technology of the United States is far more surreal than anything they might produce.
I have one of the cute little aliens the reader below speaks of. They are nice, but superficial beside the personal stories and personal expression that occasionally finds its way into this fascinating art that exists somewhere between folk and commerce.
Rating: 3
Summary: Informative but disappointing.
Comment: This book is very informative for those interested in learning more about the artists behind the woodcarvings. However it only represents a few of the carvers and the photos while excellent quality will be a disappointment to those who may own or have seen many of the other wonderful carvings that these artists create. The photos seem to concentrate mainly on human style figures and although it does contain quite a few photos of animal figures most are those more on the conventional side. The more elaborate and colorful figures are not represented, neither are some of the more exotic animals like dragons, giraffes, and armadillos. There is nothing at all on the small 'alien' monsters which are now considered the trademark emblems of this area. For those wanting a book to show friends just what these artists can do it will be a bit of a disappointment, however since it's the only book available at present there is little choice.
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Title: Oaxacan Ceramics: Traditional Folk Art by Oaxacan Women by Lois Wasserspring, Vicki Ragan ISBN: 081182358X Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Crafting Tradition: The Making and Marketing of Oaxacan Wood Carvings by Michael Chibnik ISBN: 0292712480 Publisher: University of Texas Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Mexican Folk Art from Oaxacan Artist Families by Arden Rothstein, Anya Rothstein ISBN: 0764315986 Publisher: Schiffer Pub Ltd Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $20.01 |
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Title: Moon Handbooks: Oaxaca 2 Ed: Mountain Craft Regions, Archaeological Sites, and Coastal Resorts by Bruce Whipperman ISBN: 1566913314 Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing Pub. Date: 10 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Zapotec Weavers of Teotitlan by Andra Fischgrund Stanton, Jaye R. Phillips ISBN: 0890133344 Publisher: Museum of New Mexico Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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