Form and freedom: A dialogue on Northwest coast Indian art

by Bill Holm, William Reid

Book by Bill Holm, William Reid

260 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1975

About the author

Bill Holm (born 1925) is a U.S. artist, author and art historian specializing in the visual arts of Northwest Coast Native Americans as well as a practitioner and teacher of the Northwest Coast art style. He is Professor Emeritus of Art History, and Curator Emeritus of Northwest Coast Indian Art at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. His 1965 book Northwest Coast Indian Art: An Analysis of Form has for decades been the standard introductory text in the field.

His eight books have won scholarly acclaim and recognition with four Washington State Governor's Writers Awards, and two special Governor's awards. His achievements as an artist were celebrated in a 2000 book, Sun Dogs and Eagle Down, The Indian Paintings of Bill Holm. In 2001, he was honored with a certificate of appreciation from the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian people of Southeast Alaska through the Sealaska Heritage Institute.

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Reviews

[claire · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was an okay book. I skipped most of it, but it was interesting to read the dialogue between and artist and a historian. I appreciated that comments were regulated to specific artworks, all of which were pictured with the text. The book was much longer than it needed to be and frankly, I just don't find Hold or Reid entirely trustworthy.