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WILLIAM ACHEFF

BIO DEL ARTISTA CONSULTAR
 
When William Acheff painted his first centuries-old Pueblo pot shortly after arriving in Taos in 1973, he realized he could evoke the deep quiet he imagined earlier artists felt working in their time. Though the artist has no direct link to the Southwestern and Plains tribes whose artifacts he has collected and painted, he seeks to extend an appreciation for Native American traditions, human qualities of continuity, and a slower pace of life as well as what he calls, "the subtle relationships that are common to us all." Archeff was born in 1947 in Anchorage, Alaska, of Georgian, Russian, Scottish, Dutch, and Alaskan-Athabascan heritage. Classically trained in San Francisco, he continues to paint in this widely recognized, distinctive way, often blending artifacts and traditions of the past with contemporary items and settings. <br><br>The bowl depicted in the present example is from San Juan, a pueblo rich in a tradition of creating pottery vessels for functional use. Though the early elegant shapes and beautiful curves ended by the 1900s, they were revived in the 1930s and 1940s when local women studied ancient pottery from the area as a basis for a bowl such as the one depicted here. Rather than "San Juan," the native people prefer the traditional name Ohkay Owingeh which means "Place of the Strong People."
When William Acheff painted his first centuries-old Pueblo pot shortly after arriving in Taos in 1973, he realized he could evoke the deep quiet he imagined earlier artists felt working in their time. Though the artist has no direct link to the Southwestern and Plains tribes whose artifacts he has collected and painted, he seeks to extend an appreciation for Native American traditions, human qualities of continuity, and a slower pace of life as well as what he calls, "the subtle relationships that are common to us all." Archeff was born in 1947 in Anchorage, Alaska, of Georgian, Russian, Scottish, Dutch, and Alaskan-Athabascan heritage. Classically trained in San Francisco, he continues to paint in this widely recognized, distinctive way, often blending artifacts and traditions of the past with contemporary items and settings. <br><br>The bowl depicted in the present example is from San Juan, a pueblo rich in a tradition of creating pottery vessels for functional use. Though the early elegant shapes and beautiful curves ended by the 1900s, they were revived in the 1930s and 1940s when local women studied ancient pottery from the area as a basis for a bowl such as the one depicted here. Rather than "San Juan," the native people prefer the traditional name Ohkay Owingeh which means "Place of the Strong People." When William Acheff painted his first centuries-old Pueblo pot shortly after arriving in Taos in 1973, he realized he could evoke the deep quiet he imagined earlier artists felt working in their time. Though the artist has no direct link to the Southwestern and Plains tribes whose artifacts he has collected and painted, he seeks to extend an appreciation for Native American traditions, human qualities of continuity, and a slower pace of life as well as what he calls, "the subtle relationships that are common to us all." Archeff was born in 1947 in Anchorage, Alaska, of Georgian, Russian, Scottish, Dutch, and Alaskan-Athabascan heritage. Classically trained in San Francisco, he continues to paint in this widely recognized, distinctive way, often blending artifacts and traditions of the past with contemporary items and settings. <br><br>The bowl depicted in the present example is from San Juan, a pueblo rich in a tradition of creating pottery vessels for functional use. Though the early elegant shapes and beautiful curves ended by the 1900s, they were revived in the 1930s and 1940s when local women studied ancient pottery from the area as a basis for a bowl such as the one depicted here. Rather than "San Juan," the native people prefer the traditional name Ohkay Owingeh which means "Place of the Strong People." When William Acheff painted his first centuries-old Pueblo pot shortly after arriving in Taos in 1973, he realized he could evoke the deep quiet he imagined earlier artists felt working in their time. Though the artist has no direct link to the Southwestern and Plains tribes whose artifacts he has collected and painted, he seeks to extend an appreciation for Native American traditions, human qualities of continuity, and a slower pace of life as well as what he calls, "the subtle relationships that are common to us all." Archeff was born in 1947 in Anchorage, Alaska, of Georgian, Russian, Scottish, Dutch, and Alaskan-Athabascan heritage. Classically trained in San Francisco, he continues to paint in this widely recognized, distinctive way, often blending artifacts and traditions of the past with contemporary items and settings. <br><br>The bowl depicted in the present example is from San Juan, a pueblo rich in a tradition of creating pottery vessels for functional use. Though the early elegant shapes and beautiful curves ended by the 1900s, they were revived in the 1930s and 1940s when local women studied ancient pottery from the area as a basis for a bowl such as the one depicted here. Rather than "San Juan," the native people prefer the traditional name Ohkay Owingeh which means "Place of the Strong People." When William Acheff painted his first centuries-old Pueblo pot shortly after arriving in Taos in 1973, he realized he could evoke the deep quiet he imagined earlier artists felt working in their time. Though the artist has no direct link to the Southwestern and Plains tribes whose artifacts he has collected and painted, he seeks to extend an appreciation for Native American traditions, human qualities of continuity, and a slower pace of life as well as what he calls, "the subtle relationships that are common to us all." Archeff was born in 1947 in Anchorage, Alaska, of Georgian, Russian, Scottish, Dutch, and Alaskan-Athabascan heritage. Classically trained in San Francisco, he continues to paint in this widely recognized, distinctive way, often blending artifacts and traditions of the past with contemporary items and settings. <br><br>The bowl depicted in the present example is from San Juan, a pueblo rich in a tradition of creating pottery vessels for functional use. Though the early elegant shapes and beautiful curves ended by the 1900s, they were revived in the 1930s and 1940s when local women studied ancient pottery from the area as a basis for a bowl such as the one depicted here. Rather than "San Juan," the native people prefer the traditional name Ohkay Owingeh which means "Place of the Strong People." When William Acheff painted his first centuries-old Pueblo pot shortly after arriving in Taos in 1973, he realized he could evoke the deep quiet he imagined earlier artists felt working in their time. Though the artist has no direct link to the Southwestern and Plains tribes whose artifacts he has collected and painted, he seeks to extend an appreciation for Native American traditions, human qualities of continuity, and a slower pace of life as well as what he calls, "the subtle relationships that are common to us all." Archeff was born in 1947 in Anchorage, Alaska, of Georgian, Russian, Scottish, Dutch, and Alaskan-Athabascan heritage. Classically trained in San Francisco, he continues to paint in this widely recognized, distinctive way, often blending artifacts and traditions of the past with contemporary items and settings. <br><br>The bowl depicted in the present example is from San Juan, a pueblo rich in a tradition of creating pottery vessels for functional use. Though the early elegant shapes and beautiful curves ended by the 1900s, they were revived in the 1930s and 1940s when local women studied ancient pottery from the area as a basis for a bowl such as the one depicted here. Rather than "San Juan," the native people prefer the traditional name Ohkay Owingeh which means "Place of the Strong People." When William Acheff painted his first centuries-old Pueblo pot shortly after arriving in Taos in 1973, he realized he could evoke the deep quiet he imagined earlier artists felt working in their time. Though the artist has no direct link to the Southwestern and Plains tribes whose artifacts he has collected and painted, he seeks to extend an appreciation for Native American traditions, human qualities of continuity, and a slower pace of life as well as what he calls, "the subtle relationships that are common to us all." Archeff was born in 1947 in Anchorage, Alaska, of Georgian, Russian, Scottish, Dutch, and Alaskan-Athabascan heritage. Classically trained in San Francisco, he continues to paint in this widely recognized, distinctive way, often blending artifacts and traditions of the past with contemporary items and settings. <br><br>The bowl depicted in the present example is from San Juan, a pueblo rich in a tradition of creating pottery vessels for functional use. Though the early elegant shapes and beautiful curves ended by the 1900s, they were revived in the 1930s and 1940s when local women studied ancient pottery from the area as a basis for a bowl such as the one depicted here. Rather than "San Juan," the native people prefer the traditional name Ohkay Owingeh which means "Place of the Strong People." When William Acheff painted his first centuries-old Pueblo pot shortly after arriving in Taos in 1973, he realized he could evoke the deep quiet he imagined earlier artists felt working in their time. Though the artist has no direct link to the Southwestern and Plains tribes whose artifacts he has collected and painted, he seeks to extend an appreciation for Native American traditions, human qualities of continuity, and a slower pace of life as well as what he calls, "the subtle relationships that are common to us all." Archeff was born in 1947 in Anchorage, Alaska, of Georgian, Russian, Scottish, Dutch, and Alaskan-Athabascan heritage. Classically trained in San Francisco, he continues to paint in this widely recognized, distinctive way, often blending artifacts and traditions of the past with contemporary items and settings. <br><br>The bowl depicted in the present example is from San Juan, a pueblo rich in a tradition of creating pottery vessels for functional use. Though the early elegant shapes and beautiful curves ended by the 1900s, they were revived in the 1930s and 1940s when local women studied ancient pottery from the area as a basis for a bowl such as the one depicted here. Rather than "San Juan," the native people prefer the traditional name Ohkay Owingeh which means "Place of the Strong People."
Tazón de San Juan19866 5/8 x 11 5/8 pulg.(16,83 x 29,53 cm) óleo sobre panel
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Cuando William Acheff pintó su primera vasija Pueblo centenaria poco después de llegar a Taos en 1973, se dio cuenta de que podía evocar la profunda quietud que imaginaba que sentían los artistas anteriores trabajando en su época. Aunque el artista no tiene ningún vínculo directo con las tribus del Sudoeste y las Llanuras cuyos artefactos ha coleccionado y pintado, trata de extender un aprecio por las tradiciones de los nativos americanos, las cualidades humanas de continuidad y un ritmo de vida más lento, así como lo que él llama "las sutiles relaciones que nos son comunes a todos". Archeff nació en 1947 en Anchorage, Alaska, de ascendencia georgiana, rusa, escocesa, holandesa y alaskano-atabasca. Recibió una formación clásica en San Francisco y sigue pintando de esta forma tan característica y reconocida, a menudo mezclando artefactos y tradiciones del pasado con objetos y escenarios contemporáneos.

El cuenco representado en este ejemplo procede de San Juan, un pueblo con una rica tradición en la creación de vasijas de cerámica para uso funcional. Aunque las primeras formas elegantes y las bellas curvas desaparecieron en el siglo XX, se recuperaron en las décadas de 1930 y 1940, cuando las mujeres locales estudiaron la cerámica antigua de la zona como base para un cuenco como el que aquí se muestra. En lugar de "San Juan", los nativos prefieren el nombre tradicional Ohkay Owingeh, que significa "Lugar de la Gente Fuerte".
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