Art History, vol. 34, no. 3, June 19, 2011, pp. 536-561
Description
Discusses three influences on his work; his teacher, Carlo Altenburg, an abstract painter, Dene methods of mapping trails, and the effect of being isolated from traditional lands.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 4, Winter, 1997, pp. 3-9
Description
Contends that while the past 50 years of exhibits have been molded by collectors, promoters and merchants, the next 50 years will benefit from the involvement of Inuit artists and others.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 3.
Contesting Art: Art, Politics, and Identity in the Modern World
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jeremy MacClancy
Description
Introduction to themes in the volume which include: anti-colonialism, anti-racism; painting propaganda, picturing power; individuals, groups, categories; art as property; concepts and objects; and the marketing of art.
Chapter 1 from Contesting Art: Art, Politics, and Identity in the Modern World edited by Jeremy MacClancy.
Speaker uses examples from the Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia to illustrate talk which focuses on federal government's involvement in creation and marketing of Inuit art.
Duration: 1:13:11.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 3-4, Fall/Winter, 2011, pp. 14-20
Description
Looks at the work of artists Arnaqu Ashevak, Ohotaq Mikkigak, Suvinai Ashoona, Itee Pootoogook, Tim Pitsiulak, and Jutai Toonoo.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 14.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 4, April 2011, pp. 1-2
Description
Description of a travelling art exhibit, The Recognition of Place: Strength & Endurance of Aboriginal Women, which features eight female leaders, some posthumously.
Article found on pages 1-2.
Discussion about the controversial series of paintings entitled The Forgotten by Pamela Masik which portrayed the sixty-nine missing and murdered women from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. The exhibition to be held at the Museum of Anthropology was cancelled due to protests.
Duration: 31:50.
Proceedings from the second Virtual Roundtable on First Nation Citizenship held June 20, 2011. Roundtable featured discussion on First Nation citizenship, identity, and Nationhood.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 1, 25th Anniversary Issue, Spring, 2011, pp. 14-17
Description
Brief article outlines common themes represented in Inuit art and cites articles found in the magazine which deal with the topic.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 14.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 2, Summer, 2011, pp. 37-39
Description
Reviews exhibition catalogue Inuit Prints by Norman Vorano, with Asato Ikeda, Ming Tiampo, and Kananginak Pootoogook.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review scroll to p. 37.
BC Studies, no. 172, Winter, 2011/2012, pp. 134-135
Description
Book review of 3 books:The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book by Gord Hill.
Morris as Elvis: Take a Chance on Life by Morris Bate, Jim Brown.
Working With Wool: A Coast Salish Legacy and the Cowichan Sweater by Sylvia Olsen.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review, scroll to p. 134.
Discusses the variety of influences present in such works as the illustrated book Red: A Haida Manga
Excerpt from Objects of Exchange: Social and Material Transformation on the Late-Nineteenth-Century Northwest Coast edited by Aaron Glass.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 2, Summer, 1997, pp. 46-48
Description
Curatorial notes for exhibition of the same name mounted at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario, April 19 to September 7, 1997.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 46.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 3, Fall, 1997, pp. 30-32
Description
Curatorial notes for the exhibition of the same name at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, April 18 to November 16, 1997.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to page 30.
Analyzes the kinds of art that are deemed acceptable as Aboriginal and discusses the ways the Barkindji people in Wilcannia deal with issues pertaining to the politics of culture, cultural subjectivity and identity.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 4, 2011, pp. 119-145
Description
Discusses the metaphorical surrealism in Jim Denomie paintings showing historical and contemporary events in American and Native American history, as well as aspects of pop-culture, art history and Anglo-Indian relations.