McMaster Museum of Art presents:
Unapologetic: Acts of Survivance
January 12 – March 25, 2017
Curator: Rhéanne Chartrand
Carl Beam
Bob Boyer
Robert Houle
Gerald McMaster
Shelley Niro
Ron Noganosh
Jane Ash Poitras
Edward Poitras
Pierre Sioui
Jeff Thomas
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun
This exhibition presents selected works of critical notoriety from the 1980s by eleven foundational contemporary Indigenous artists. As provocateurs, these artists declared that the lack of Indigenous representation in major arts institutions across Canada was symptomatic of a broader historical and on-going indifference to Indigenous peoples. These artists—and many others of their generation—(en)acted survivance by directly renouncing colonial dominance, tragedy, and the victimization of Indigenous peoples by asserting Indigenous presence through their art. As visual storytellers, their work stands as both evidence of and a means of cultural survival + resistance = survivance.
Reception: Thursday, January 12, 6 – 8 pm
Curator's Tour: Tuesday, January 31 at 12:30 pm
Curator's Talk: Thursday, February 2 at 7 pm
Panel Discussion: Thursday, February 9, 7 – 9 pm
https://museum.mcmaster.ca/
Unapologetic: Acts of Survivance
January 12 – March 25, 2017
Curator: Rhéanne Chartrand
Carl Beam
Bob Boyer
Robert Houle
Gerald McMaster
Shelley Niro
Ron Noganosh
Jane Ash Poitras
Edward Poitras
Pierre Sioui
Jeff Thomas
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun
This exhibition presents selected works of critical notoriety from the 1980s by eleven foundational contemporary Indigenous artists. As provocateurs, these artists declared that the lack of Indigenous representation in major arts institutions across Canada was symptomatic of a broader historical and on-going indifference to Indigenous peoples. These artists—and many others of their generation—(en)acted survivance by directly renouncing colonial dominance, tragedy, and the victimization of Indigenous peoples by asserting Indigenous presence through their art. As visual storytellers, their work stands as both evidence of and a means of cultural survival + resistance = survivance.
Reception: Thursday, January 12, 6 – 8 pm
Curator's Tour: Tuesday, January 31 at 12:30 pm
Curator's Talk: Thursday, February 2 at 7 pm
Panel Discussion: Thursday, February 9, 7 – 9 pm
https://museum.mcmaster.ca/