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March 23, 2011
MOA Opens Carl Beam Exhibit April 8
Carl Beam - Organized by the National Gallery of Canada
Exhibition on display though May 29, 2011
Carl Beam (1943-2005) was born in M’Chigeeng (West Bay) on Manitoulin Island. Of Anishinaabe (Ojibwa) heritage, the artist was instrumental in challenging the marginalization of contemporary Aboriginal art in Canada. He became noted for his manner of linking Indigenous world views to broad cultural, historical, and political concerns in order to provoke contemplation of multiple realities and our collective place in the cosmos. In the process, he developed an aesthetic approach more akin to the expressive layering of Rauschenberg than the traditional forms of Anishinaabe 'Woodland School' painters. The exhibition, curated by Greg Hill, and organized by the National Gallery of Canada, features a selection of 50 of Beam’s most remarkable works spanning his 30-year career, from his monumental-scale paintings and constructions, to his ceramics and video.
Read moreMarch 2, 2011
New Partnership: MOA and Knowledgeable Aboriginal Youth Association (KAYA)
MOA is proud to announce the start of a two-year partnership with KAYA(Knowledgeable Aboriginal Youth Association).
This partnership enables the Museum to engage with local Aboriginal Youth on multiple levels. We are already planning some exciting upcoming events celebrating the performance, arts, and music of this dynamic and diverse community. MOA will also partner in supporting KAYA’s Cultural Ambassador’s program. On February 27, KAYA’s Cultural Ambassadors participated in an educational event at MOA with local filmmakers and directors Kamala Todd and Diana Leung and Museum staff.
November 16, 2010
No Windows
Satellite Gallery's first group show invites the public to decode the conventions of art and exhibition-making
NO WINDOWS
Vancouver, BC — No Windows, on view at Satellite Gallery from November 27, 2010 to January 23, 2011, is the result of a unique collaboration between the departments of Anthropology, Art History and Curatorial Studies at the University of British Columbia, as graduate students in each of these programs have joined forces to curate this new and exciting exhibition.
Read moreNovember 15, 2010
MOA Opens Edenshaw Exhibition Nov 25, 2010
Objects made by 19th-century Haida artists can be seen in museums and private collections around the world. The names of the carvers, painters, and weavers who made these works were, however, rarely recorded.
Isabella and Charles Edenshaw—also known by their Haida names Qwii.aang and Da.a xiigang—were prolific artists who lived and worked in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a time of profound culture change on the Northwest Coast. Although they never signed their work, each developed personal styles and inventive forms of expression that continue to inspire their artist-descendents today.
In this exhibition, MOA curator Bill McLennan focuses on Charles Edenshaw’s metalwork and painting, and Isabella Edenshaw’s basketry, to see how each artist created a recognizable “signature” and how it evolved through their long careers.
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