Haida Modern | movie | 2019 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

Director Charles Wilkinson's evocative documentary beautifully explores how the artist Robert Davidson brought Haida cul | dG1fSllxSWpfNUs4YUk

Transcript

00:00 I think there's no doubt that Robert is one of the great artists of the century.

00:14 Rodin and Mayol, Calder, Pomodoro, Giacometti, Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, and Robert

00:22 Davidson.

00:25 Robert Davidson's precision with a paintbrush and a carving tool is as technical and beautiful

00:33 as work can be.

00:36 He is a rock star of Native art moving into the realm of just being an artist, period.

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01:17 I have my foot in two cultures.

01:20 I have my foot in Haida culture and the Western culture.

01:25 When I'm home, when I'm doing art, hosting a potlatch or a feast, then I'm speaking Haida

01:32 culture.

01:33 But when I'm living beyond Masset or Heidelberg or Skiddegut, I'm living in the Western culture.

01:42 I'm very concerned about the state of affairs in the Western culture.

01:50 And I feel we all need to be concerned because what is happening today is not working.

01:58 [music]

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02:10 (music fades)