"Life in a Cold Place"

The Heard Museum in Phoenix. Impressive. Not only what's in it. But the floors, the walls, the exhibit designs, the lighting - big, big money in this one! One of the best I've visited. Easy to find out all about any item in few words. Whoever was putting this all together knew how to do this work.

We were delighted with an impressive Canadian exhibition of Inuit native art - "Life in a Cold Place". WOW. What is it about this whole "native" talent? Do these people breathe special air in Nunavet? The artistic skill is quite simply superb! Take your moms, dads, kids. There's something here for every member of the family.

They were also featuring another great artist, Allan Houser - an Apache. An enormous amount of pieces for one artist. And big stuff in marble, and stone, and bone, and all those "hard" materials. How could he do so many? Did he ever eat or sleep? Stunning, dramatic pieces.

We didn't leave enough of our day for this. I have checked the internet and most of the comments reflect this. "This museum should be visited more than once". It's true.

There are twelve Galleries and we managed two.

And look! Here's a piece from Vancouver Island.

David Neel. "Mask of the Lone Fighter". Very cool.