#bill reid

[thunderstruck9]

Bill Reid (Haida/Canadian, 1920-1998), Xhuwaji - Haida Grizzly Bear, 1990. Colour silkscreen, 21 1/2 x 21 1/2 in.

[jadeseadragon]

Bill Reid (Haida-Canadian, 1920 - 1998), Hawk Moon Pendant, ca. 1971, 22kt gold repoussé, abalone, 2¼ × 2 inches. [top]

Rick (Richard) Adkins (Haida-Canadian, b. 1955), Hawk Moon Pendant, cast 22kt gold, abalone, 1" diameter. [bottom]

Rick Adkins studied with Bill Reid in the late 1980s. [Source]

[artschoolglasses]

Haida Dog Fish, Bill Reid, 1972

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[mountainmaven]

Haida art at the Bill Reid Gallery, Vancouver Canada.

[eopederson2]

Spirit of Haida Gwaii, Bill Reid, Courtyard, Canadian Embassy, Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC, 2023.

The late Bill Reid (1920–1998) was a British Columbia artist, and his sculptures are some of the finest works of the 20th century. This cast bronze is easily accessible on Pennsylvania Avenue across from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC and should be on the itinerary of every visitor to that part of the Capital. It is unfortunate that Reid is not given prominence in major art museums outside Canada, museums where 20th century sculpture is usually represented by a collection of welded steel bric-a-brac or seemingly randomly piled assortments of detritus.

[debdarkpetal]

Freddie and Bill Reid from Peter Freestone's book.

[formlines]

Killer Whale Pendant 

Bill Reid

[ksparchomchuk]

YVR International Departures

Vancouver, B.C., Canada

[justwalkiingthedog]

Xhuwaji - Haida Grizzly Bear

Bill Reid ~ Haida

1988

[artschoolglasses]

Haida Grizzly Bear, Bill Reid, 1973

[sunsetmaiden]

Bill Reid, Bear Cub Mask

[thedgeofsleep]

Bill & Frank  +  Ellie & Riley  +  parallels  ( 1.03 / 1.07 )

[quotesfrommyreading]

In the late 19th century, intellectuals believed that the sporting arena simulated an impending age of Darwinian struggle. Because the United States did not hold a global empire like England’s, leaders warned of national softness once railroads conquered the last continental frontier. As though heeding this warning, ingenious students turned variations on rugby into a toughening agent. Today a plaque in New Brunswick, New Jersey, commemorates the first college game, on November 6, 1869, when Rutgers beat Princeton 6–4.

Walter Camp graduated from Yale in 1880 so intoxicated by the sport that he devoted his life to it without pay, becoming “the father of American football.” He persuaded other schools to reduce the chaos on the field by trimming each side from 15 players to 11, and it was his idea to paint measuring lines on the field. He conceived functional designations for players, coining terms such as quarterback. His game remained violent by design. Crawlers could push the ball forward beneath piles of flying elbows without pause until they cried “Down!” in submission.

In an 1892 game against its archrival, Yale, the Harvard football team was the first to deploy a “flying wedge,” based on Napoleon’s surprise concentrations of military force. In an editorial calling for the abolition of the play, The New York Times described it as “half a ton of bone and muscle coming into collision with a man weighing 160 or 170 pounds,” noting that surgeons often had to be called onto the field. Three years later, the continuing mayhem prompted the Harvard faculty to take the first of two votes to abolish football. Charles Eliot, the university’s president, brought up other concerns. “Deaths and injuries are not the strongest argument against football,” declared Eliot. “That cheating and brutality are profitable is the main evil.” Still, Harvard football persisted. In 1903, fervent alumni built Harvard Stadium with zero college funds. The team’s first paid head coach, Bill Reid, started in 1905 at nearly twice the average salary for a full professor.

  —  The Scandal of NCAA College Sports

[zaffiri-saffici]

Two generations of queers in an apocalyptic world.

First love:

We can just be all poetic and shit and lose our minds together. - Riley

Last love:

I do not support this. I should be furious. But from an objective point of view… it’s incredibly romantic. - Frank

Love all the same.