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Images from Contemporary Native Artists as summarized in Lee Ann Martin's Contemporary Native Art
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Contemporary Native ArtSummary of Lee Ann Martin’s
“Contemporary First Nations Art Since 1970”Katana Barnett
Laurence Paul Yuxweluptun An Indian Shooting the Indian Act
The Indian Act is what determines who is and who is not a First Nations person in Canada- theDepartment of Indian Affairs decides whether or not I count. Despite many amendments, it isbroken, oppressive, discriminatory, racist. At least First Nations get to be Canadian Citizens- since1960!! (The Indian Act showed up in 1876, just for a point of reference).
1983- Yuxweluptan graduates from Emily Carr
Alex Janvier Morning Star
Alex Janvieer, Bill Reid, and Norval Morrisseau were three key artists prior to the 1970’s whochallenged popular notions of Indianness and the Federal Government. These three artistsparticipated in Expo 67, where First Nations art became symbolic of Canadian Nationalism.
The 1970’s gave rise to heightened cultural, political, and artistic activity.
Alex Janvier Where the Big Fish Live
K’san of the Gitanmaax (Kitanmax) School of Northwest Coast Indian Art School ofNorthwest Coast Indian Art
1967 Artist’s training program to revitalize Nisga’a art and cultural traditions
Students of note:
Doreen JensenDempsey BobFreda Diesling
1983- 3rd National Native Indian Artists Symposium at K’san leads to Society of CanadianArtists of Native Ancestry for recognition of Contemporary First Nations Art
Bill Reid Gold and Fossilized Ivory Bracelet
Bill Reid was the first native artist to be recognized with a one-person retrospective at the VAG.He is credited with a large part of the renaissance of Coast-Salish art, and was a teacher and mentorto many Coast-Salish artists. He used to be a CBC radio personality and did not know he was FirstNations until he was an adult.
Norval Morrisseau Standing Brave
The Professional Native Indian Artists Incorporation, better known as the Indian Group of Seven,was a group of professional Indian artist from Canada, founded in November 1973.
The group consisted of Daphne Odjig, Alex Janvier, Jackson Beardy, Eddy Cobiness, NorvalMorrisseau, Carl Ray and Joseph Sanchez
Norval Morrisseau Psychic Space
Daphne Odjig Potawatomi
1970/74 Daphne Odjig opens small arts store, then Warehouse gallery- Cree artist Jackson Beardyand Eddy Cobiness discuss federal government’s concerning marketing strategies regarding FirstNations art. Joined by Alex Janvier, Norval Morrisseau, Carl Ray, and Joseph Sanchez
1985- Daphne Odjig: A Retrospective at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery
2007 Daphne Odjig touring retrospective, Drawings and Paintings of Daphne Odjig
2007- Odjig and Janvier receive Govenor General’s Award
Robert Davidson’s Totem Pole
1969- Robert Davidson carves and raises totem pole in Masset- the first in fifty years
Bob Boyer
Ind[ian] art program
1972- Sarain Stump is instrumental in creating the program at the Sask. Indian Cultural College inSaskatoon.
InfluencingBob BoyerEdward PoitrasGerald McMaster
Edward Poitras Internal Recall
1982- Edward Poitras built an art practice that intersects with the history of nearly every importantexhibition of contemporary Aboriginal art after 1982
1995- Edward Poitras represents Canada at the 46th Venice Biennale- curated by Gerald McMaster
Gerald McMaster Counting Coup
1981- Gerald McMaster becomes 2nd curator of Contemporary Indian Art at the National Museumof Man (Cdn Museum of Civilization) contemporary Indian Art becomes a priority area ofcollecting.
1992, Martin cocurated, with Gerald McMaster, the internationally travelling exhibitionINDIGENA: Perspectives of Indigenous Peoples on 500 Years.
Jackson Beardy Life Cycles
1972- visionary Winnipeg exhibition ”Treaty numbers 23,287,1171: Three Indian Painters of thePrairies”
Jackson BeardyAlex Janvier Daphne Odjig
at the Winnipeg Art Gallery.
a reference to the treaty numbers that the Canadian government gave to the indigenous groupswhich they had concluded treaties.
resulted in "Professional Native Indian Artists Association” in 1973. This is better known as the"Indian Group of Seven”, This group combined forces to promote their work into the world ofwestern art.
Eddy Cobiness Mallard Family
He belonged to the “Woodland School of Art” the “Indian Group of Seven”.
He was a graphic designer who began drawing pictures of birds in sand, snow or on cardboard, inhis childhood. In the 1950s, during his military service years, he discovered working inwatercolour.
Carl Ray Birds Taking Flight
Considered primarily a Woodlands Style artist, he also painted European style wildlife andlandscapes. He was a founding member of the Indian Group of Seven.
He apprenticed under Norval Morrisseau and worked on the mural for the Indians of CanadaPavilion of Expo ’67 in Montreal. Norval had designed and sketched the mural but it was Carl whodid most of the work and was left to finish it. Unfortunately this masterpiece is lost as it was left tofall into disrepair and was eventually demolished years later.
Described by fellow painter Alex Janvier: “Carl Ray was the guy who could laugh, make fun ofyou, throw a joke on you and he’d laugh his head off"
Patricia Deadman There are no Tipis in Hull
Jeff Thomas Father and Daughter Broadview Avenue, Toronto
“You won't find a definition for 'urban Iroquois' in any dictionary or anthropological publication--it is this absence that informs my work as a photo-based artist, researcher, independent curator,cultural analyst and public speaker. My study of Indian-ness seeks to create an image bank of myurban-Iroquois experience, as well as re-contextualize historical images of First Nations peoplefor a contemporary audience. Ultimately, I want to dismantle long entrenched stereotypes andinappropriate caricatures of First Nations people. “
-Jeff Thomas
Allen Sapp-
1994 MacKenzie Art Gallery
KISKAYETUM- Allen Sapp a retrospective (curated by Lee-Ann Martin and Bob Boyer) Thiswas the first critical evaluation of Allen Sapp’s body of work within a public gallery.
Kiskayetum (“he knows/perceives it”), the name given to Sapp by his grandmother.
Greg Staats Untitled
Carl Beam Sitting Bull and Whale
1989- Beyond History at the VAG featured Carl Beam Bob Boyer Joane Cardinal-Schubert,Domingo Cisneros, Robert Joule. Mike MacDonald, Ron Noganosh, Edward Poitras, Jane AshPoitras
Rebecca Belmore, Fountain
1988- The Spirit Sings: Artistic Traditions of Canada’s First People sparks controversy for itsstereotypical romantic presentation of First Nations cultural heritage. Rebecca Belmore emergeswith Artifact #671B
2005- Rebecca Belmore represents Canada at 51st Venice Biennale with Fountain
2010 Rebecca Belmore is being sued by gallery- performs Worth (– Statement of Defence), in frontof Vancouver Art Gallery and quits art.
KC ADAMS “F.A.S.” Cyborg Hybrid Jodi (photographer & writer)
1990’s Political events- massive land claims in BC, ONT, Yukon. James Bay hydroelectric project,Meech Lake Accord,
1990- OKA Crises
Mary Anne Barkhouse Some Like It Shot
Descendant of Ellen Neel, Mungo Martin.current show Game at the Urban Shaman Gallery in Winnipeg, MB now.
STerrance Houle
http://www.firstvisionart.com/tania/terrance.html
Kent Monkman The Triumph of Mischief
Brian Jungen Prototypes for a New Understanding
2002- Brian Jungen awarded Sobey Art Award for First Nations references with framework ofglobal economies, valus, and aesthetics.