A01=Barbara Chana
A01=Leonard F. Chana
A01=Susan Lobo
american indian
anthropology
art
artist
Author_Barbara Chana
Author_Leonard F. Chana
Author_Susan Lobo
autobiographical
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common people
community-based
cultural detail
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Leonard Chana
mediums
native organizations
oral history interviews
ringing
self-taught
smells
Sonoran Desert
sounds
southwestern
stippling
Susan Lobo
tastes
textiles
Tohono O'odham people
upb
values
Product details
- ISBN 9780816528196
- Weight: 583g
- Dimensions: 216 x 252mm
- Publication Date: 22 Jun 2009
- Publisher: University of Arizona Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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A self-taught artist in several mediums who became known for stippling, Leonard Chana captured the essence of the Tohono Oodham people. He incorporated subtle details of Oodham life into his art, and his images evoke the smells, sounds, textures, and tastes of the Sonoran desert, ll the while depicting the values of his people. He began his career by creating cards and soon was lending his art to posters and logos for many community-based Native organizations. Winning recognition from these groups, his work was soon actively sought by them. Chana's work also appears on the covers and as interior art in a number of books on southwestern and American Indian topics. The Sweet Smell of Home is an autobiographical work, written in Chana's own voice that unfolds through oral history interviews with anthropologist Susan Lobo. Chana imparts the story of his upbringing and starting down the path toward a career as an artist. Balancing humor with a keen eye for cultural detail, he tells us about life both on and off the reservation.Eighty pieces of art?26 in colorgrace the text, and Chana explains both the impetus for and the evolution of each piece.
Leonard Chana was a people's artist who celebrated the extraordinary heroism of common people's lives. The Sweet Smell of Home now celebrates this unique artist whose words and art illuminate not only his own remarkable life, but also the land and lives of the Tohono Oodham people
