Tag Archives: Thor Heyerdahl

totem: tyranny of appearances

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Dave

They were conceived to vanish into the earth. The totem poles of the Pacific, from Vancouver island to Alaska, standing on the edge of cedar forests staring out to the sea, were an art that knew how to live, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Andre Breton, barnett newman, bill reid, Clement Greenberg, edward malin, edward s. curtis, george f. macdonald, gordon miller totem poles, haida totem pole, henry hunt carver, Lascaux Cave, Mark Rothko, stanley c. hunt, Thor Heyerdahl, totem pole carving | Leave a comment

JOURNEY THROUGH THE PAST

Posted on April 25, 2010 by Dave

Gene Savoy, the discoverer of Pajaten, was an explorer, not a professional archaeologist. He first heard tales of mysterious ruins in the Andes from Peruvian hunters and outlaws. Savoy had already suspected that the eastern slopes of the Andes had … Continue reading →