Night of the Tiki: The Art of Shag, Schmaltz, and Selected Primitive Oceanic Carvings

by Douglas A. Nason, Doug Harvey, Jeff Fox

Book Overview

This book explores the work of Shag, America's hippest neo-tiki artist, Leroy Schmaltz, the grand-daddy of 1950s tiki Americana, and the authentic Oceanic art that influenced them both. This book serves as the catalogue for an exhibition of the same name which illuminates traditional tiki culture through the display of primitive anthropomorphic carvings and shows, through the work of Shag and Leroy Schmaltz, how these artists have taken tiki to new...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0867195320
• ISBN13: 9780867195323
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Last Gasp
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 11.0" x 8.3"