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Beau Dick (November 23, 1955 – March 27, 2017) was a Kwakwaka'wakw Northwest Coast artist and Chief who lived and worked in Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada. He was a contemporary artist, activist and hereditary Chief from the Namgis First Nation.
Beau Dick, eigentlich Benjamin Kerry Dick (* 23. November 1955 in Kingcome Inlet; † 27. März 2017 in Vancouver [1] ), war ein kanadischer indigener Maskenschnitzer, Bildhauer, Maler, Galerist und Aktivist . Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Leben. 1.1 Ausbildung. 1.2 Politische Aktivitäten. 2 Künstlerisches Werk. 3 Werke in öffentlichen Sammlungen und Museen.
Beau Dick. (geb. 1955, Kingcome Inlet, Kanada; gest. 2017) 20 Masken aus der Serie „Undersea Kingdom“ (2016–2017) Diverse Materialien, darunter Acrylfarbe, rote Zeder, Zeder, Rinde, Gummi, Stoff, Webpelz, falsche Federn, Pferdehaar, Quartz Abalone, Leder, Glimmer, Kupfer, Draht, Pigment, Plastik-Action-Figur. Copper Brains: Sammlung Alan Hunt.
Beau Dick erhielt den Namen „Walis Gwy Um“, was in der Sprache Kwank‘wala „großer, mächtiger Wal“ bedeutet. Seine Schnitzarbeiten schöpften aus dem Übernatürlichen, als sei alles, was er hervorbrachte, von Geist beseelt. Beau stammte aus einem kleinen Dzawada’enux-Dorf in einer Bucht an der kanadischen Nordwestküste ...
Beau Dick’s name in the Kwakw’ala language means “big, great whale.” His carvings often feature Dzunuk’wa, the “wild woman of the woods,” and her counterpart, Bakwas, “wild man of the woods.” These supernatural figures loom large in Kwakwaka’wakw cosmology and also in Dick’s practice. Bakwas is a stealer of souls. He lures ...
Name: Beau Dick (1955 – 2017) Gender: Male. Style: Kwakwaka’wakw. Region: Pacific Northwest Coast, Canada. Chief Beau Dick (Walas Gwa’yam), acclaimed as one of the Northwest Coast’s most versatile and talented carvers, was born in Alert Bay, BC where he lived and worked.
Beau Dick (1955–2017) was a chief of his people, an artist, a mentor, a friend and much, much more. Photo: LaTiesha Fazakas. Earlier this week, Beau Dick —the revered carver, artist, storyteller and Dzawada’enuxw chief—died in BC at the age of 61. Dick passed just as some of his most striking masks yet were being installed at ...
