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 Faith
and Transformation: Votive Offerings and
Amulets from the Alexander Girard Collection
By Doris Francis
Amulets are objects of supranormal potency that safeguard
the wearer during critical periods of life passage and transformation.
Ex-votos, small metal objects often in the shapes of human
figures or specific parts of the body, are presented as
gifts to supernatural beings in thankful reciprocation for
favors received. Drawing on examples from the
Alexander Girard Collection at the Museum of International
Folk Art in Santa Fe, this book describes the uses of these
objects by people around the world who embrace different
systems of faith and follow distinct cultural and ritual
practices. Soft cover, 158 pages, numerous color photographs.
PRICE: $29.95
Village of Painters:
Narrative Scrolls from West Bengal
By Frank J. Korom;
Photographs by Paul Smutko
Village of Painters profiles a unique caste of itinerant
artists from Naya, a West Bengali village. These patuas
paint narrative scrolls and perform songs to accompany their
unrolling, and have been plying their trade as picture showmen
since the thirteenth century. Colorfully reproduced in the
book are field photographs and over one hundred scrolls
of sacred and secular themes which address a wide range
of socio-religious issues such as global terrorism, legends
of gods and goddesses, AIDS and HIV prevention, Hindu-Muslim
interaction, and the artists’ relationship to globalization.
Featuring an impressive array of contemporary scrolls, and
text that is both engaging and rich in ethnographic detail,
Village
of Painters» celebrates a diverse, evolving art
form that has adapted to a rapidly changing cultural landscape.
The book is companion to an exhibition at the Museum of
International Folk Art, Santa Fe, October 29, 2006 through
April 29, 2007. Jacketed Paper: $29.95; ISBN: 0-89013-489-8
/ 978-0-89013-489-4
 Sleeping
Around: The Bed from Antiquity to Now
By Annie Carlano &
Bobbie Sumberg
There's more than one way to make a bed, and humans throughout
history have devised every sort they could imagine. From
a simple blanket laid on the ground to elaborately carved
four-posters hung with sumptuous draperies, from a hammock
swinging under the stars to a stifling cupboard bed built
into a wall, the ways in which humans have gone about trying
to get a good night's sleep are myriad. This book complements
the exhibition Dream
on Beds From Asia to Europe and is illustrated with
some 140 images, taking readers on a lively tour of beds
and sleeping customs over time and around the world. Softcover,
164 pages. PRICE: $35.00
 Vernacular
Visionaries:
International Outsider Art
Edited by Annie Carlano, Curator of European
and North American Collections and a team of international
scholars illuminate the genre of outsider, or visionary
art through the works of mid-20th century artists from around
the world. Beyond the artists
featured in the exhibition » of the same title,
the catalog includes American Artists William Hawkins and
Charlie Willeto, and Nek Chand from India. Contributors
include John Beardsley, Caterina Gemma Brenzoni, John Maizels,
Jacques Mercier, Susan Brown McGreevy, Randall Morris,and
Victoria Lu. Yale University Press, paperbound $29.95
Cerámica y Cultura:
The Story of Spanish & Mexican Mayólica
Edited by Robin Farwell Gavin,
Donna Pierce and Alfonso Pleguezuelo
Brought to Spain in the 13th century by Islamic artisans,
the enameled earthenware known as mayólica is decorated
with a lead glaze to which tin oxide is added to create
an opaque white surface. By the 15th century, several areas
of Spain were well known throughout Europe for the quality
of these ceramics, and with Spain's expansion into the New
World the mayólica tradition came into Mexico. There
it underwent further changes, notable the use of indigenous
design motifs and patterns inspired by Chinese porcelain.
Over the next 3 centuries, the potters of New Spain produced
ceramics characterized by a distinctive mestizo aesthetic.
This tradition continues today in both Mexico and Spain.
Robin Farwell Gavin is the former curator of Spanish Colonial
Collections at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa
Fe. Donna Piece is curator of Spanish Colonial Art in the
New World Department of the Denver Art Museum. Alfonso Pleguezuelo
is professor of art history at the University of Seville.
University of New Mexico Press 49.95 hardcover 29.95 paperbound.
See more on line: www.mayolica.org».
Folk Art Journey: Florence
D. Bartlett & the Museum of International Folk Art
Florence Dibell Bartlett (1881-1953) founded the world's
first international folk art museum, today the world's largest.
The Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe is where
this cultural leader form Chicago made manifest her belief
that folk art is a bond between the people of the world.
The Bartlett collection and vision still guide the Museum
of International Folk Art, and this biography of a significant
cultural leader and her times is balanced with fine examples
of the costumes, jewelry, textiles, ceramics, furniture
and painting she collected from all over the world. Edited
by Laurel Seth and Ree Mobley. Clothbound $40.00; Paperbound:
27.50
 One
Hundred Aspects of the Moon:
Japanese Woodblock Prints by Yoshitoshi
Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) was one of the last great woodblock
print masters of the Ukiyo-e tradition, and One Hundred
Aspects of the Moon is regarded as his most popular achievement.
The series provides for the exquisite reproductions in this
popular book on 19th century Japan's mainstream art amusement.
Yoshitoshi was born in the city of Edo (Tokyo) shortly before
Japan's violent transformation from a medieval to a modern
society. He was keenly interested in preserving traditional
Japanese culture against the incursions of modernism, and
his prints celebrate the glory of Japan in its mythology,
literature, history, and warrior culture, and fine woodblock
tradition. By Tamara Tjardes, Former Curator of Asian and
Middle Eastern Collections, Paperbound with flaps $29.95.
See all 100 aspects »
 Maiolica
Olé: Spanish & Mexican Decorative Traditions
This book is the first to examine the growth of Spanish
maiolica and its subsequent transfer to and florescence
in colonial Mexico. The 145 examples of maiolica from the
collection at the Museum of International Folk Art are photographed
in full color and include vibrant samples of Spanish and
Mexican wares made between the 17th and 19th centuries.
176 pages, 160 color plates. By Florence C. Lister and Robert
H. Lister. Museum of New Mexico Press, Clothbound $50.00;
Paperbound $32.50
 Sin
Nombre: Hispana & Hispano Artists of the New Deal Era
Winner, Southwest Book Award sponsored by the Border Regional
Library Association and the Historical Society of New Mexico's
Ralph Emerson Twitchell Award. Hundreds of Hispana &
Hispano artists created works of art for the various New
Deal programs, but until now have remained nameless - sin
nombre. Curator Tey Marianna Nunn dug deep into archives
to uncover a wealth of information on New Mexican artists
who were stereotyped and labeled as "craftsmen".
This beautiful book with 70 color plates restores an important
chapter in American art of the 1930's & 1940's to the
public record and brings long overdue recognition to a generation
of New Mexico artists. By Dr. Tey Marianna Nunn, Curator
of Contemporary Hispano & Latino Collections. University
of New Mexico Press, Hardcover $50.00. This research continues
online atwww.wpasinnombre.org»
The Extraordinary in the Ordinary
Highlights of
the Neutrogena collection » donated to the Museum
of International Folk Art, a fully illustrated 280-page
volume edited by independent curator Mary Hunt Kahlenberg.
The catalog also contains an introduction by donor Lloyd
Cotsen and contributions by Kahlenberg and noted authors
such as: Monni Adams, Irene A. Bierman, Reiko Mochinaga
Brandon, William Conklin, Barbara Mauldin, Enid Schildkrout,
John Vollmer, and John T. Wertime. Essays focus on various
aspects of world traditions in Africa, Asia and the Americas,
with topics ranging from ceremonial cloths of the Congo,
to court robes of China, and to Venetian gondola prows.
Published by Harry N. Abrams Inc. Hardcover $60.00, paperbound
$35.00.
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