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Five NYC Shows to Round Out Your April
Politics and painting are at the center of shows by Beau Dick, Sam Jablon, Mira Schor, Rose B. Simpson, and Gary Stephan. April 16, 2024hyperallergic.com/902939/five-nyc-shows-to-round-out-april-2024/Beau Dick (1955-2017, Kwakwaka'wakw) carved intricate and captivating masks from cedar that animated protests against colonial power as well as ceremonies within his Indigenous communities. This exhibition is a rare opportunity to see work by the renowned Indigenous artist in New York, who is widely revered in Canada but lesser known in the United States. Dick mastered cedar wood, dynamically conceptualizing and sculpting in the medium. The devil is in the details - the cheeks, noses, lips, eyebrows, eye sockets, and tongues are all rendered with intricacy and spatial complexity. These subtleties rightly earned Dick legendary status for expressive and visually arresting masks within his artistic tradition. -Daniel Larkin
Andrew Kreps Gallery (andrewkreps.com)
22 Cortlandt Alley, Tribeca, Manhattan
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Audie Murray: To Make Smoke
Solo Exhibition Feb 22 - Sept 8, 2024mackenzie.art/exhibition/audie-murray-to-make-smoke/The collision of red phosphorus on the tip of the matchstick against the powdered glass surface of the matchbox unfolds as an intense and rapid encounter, setting off a cascading combustion reaction. In this fiery spectacle, the red substance transforms into a brilliant white, releasing its stored energy in the form of scorching heat. What remains in the aftermath is a veil of smoke, a spectral residue that bears witness, validates, and narrates the event that just took place.
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If You Prick Me, Do I Not Bleed?
Group Exhibition Jan 25 - Mar 30, 2024artgalleryofregina.ca/current-exhibitionIf You Prick Me, Do I Not Bleed?
January 25 - March 30, 2024
Opening Reception January 25, 7 PM
Stacey Fayant, Marcy Friesen, Melanie Monique Rose, Mindy Yan Miller & Marcus Miller, Hanna Yokozawa Farquharson
Curated by Sandee Moore
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Jason Baerg: Kisewâtisiw_miyootootow
Solo Exhibition Jan 13 - Feb 24, 2024artmur.com/en/artists/jason-baerg/kisewatisiw_miyootootow/In their new exhibition, Jason Baerg continues to explore the Cree Medicine Wheel, Indigenous futurism, and signature techniques and materials.
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Couzyn van Heuvelen: CAMP
Special Exhibition Oct 14, 2023 - Feb 18, 2024rmg.on.ca/exhibitions/couzyn-van-heuvelen-camp/Curators: Erin Szikora and Leila TimminsBorn in Iqaluit, Nunavut, but living predominantly in Southern Ontario, Couzyn van Heuvelen's artistic practice explores Inuit cultural sovereignty and the tools and technologies of living on the land. Known for his large-scale sculptural works, van Heuvelen's playful approach seamlessly blends traditional practices with contemporary materials and fabrication processes, asserting the resiliency and adaptability of Inuit culture. -
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Norberg Hall, 333b 36 Ave SE, Calgary, AB 26 January - 2 March 2024PA SA'P JANUARY 26 - MARCH 2, 2024 NORBERG HALL, 333B 36 AVE SE, CALGARY, AB Opening reception Fri Jan 26 | 5 - 8 pm Curatorial discussion with LaTiesha...norberghall.com/pasap/ -
Cree-Métis artist Jason Baerg looks to 'radical love' in his new solo show Rooted Synergy
The Vancouver Sun January 3, 2024vancouversun.com/entertainment/local-arts/cree-metis-artist-jason-baerg-looks-to-radical-love-in-his-new-solo-show-rooted-synergy/wcm/dc53e97f-7c8a-4afa-b6b8-99044093c3ce/amp/In the new solo show Rooted Synergy Exploring Radical Indigenous Love, on now at Vancouver's Fazakas Gallery until Jan. 20, Cree-Métis visual artist Jason Baerg continues to explore 'material experimentation on abstraction, the interplay of forms, and Indigenous futuristic symbols.'
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Jason Baerg’s “Rooted Synergy” at Fazakas Gallery creates a space for collective healing
The Georgia Straight December 5, 2023straight.com/arts/jason-baergs-rooted-synergy-at-fazakas-gallery-creates-a-space-for-collective-healingAt a time when so much of the world feels divisive, Métis artist and activist Jason Baerg is creating a safe space for healing through his work.
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Indian Theater: Native Performance, Art, and Self-Determination since 1969
e-flux 23 November 2023e-flux.com/criticism/576800/indian-theater-native-performance-art-and-self-determination-since-1969"This 'right to opacity,' as Édouard Glissant terms it, takes a significant twist in 'Indian Theater,' albeit perhaps unfortunately tucked away in the didactics. Labels for both Beau Dick’s (Kwakwaka’wakw, Musgamakw Dzawada’enuxw First Nation) mask Yagis (ca. 2005) and a display case of vinyl recordings of Native songs and music discuss work not meant for general consumption [...]"
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What to see at Art Toronto 2023; your weekend guide to the fair
CBC 26 October 2023cbc.ca/arts/art-toronto-2023-what-to-see-1.7007945"Among them: Svava Tergesen — a Vancouver artist who lends an unsettling eye to vintage-style food photography — and Marcy Friesen, a Saskatchewan artist of Swampy Cree/Welsh heritage. Her beadwork captures elements of contemporary life, while subverting traditional utilitarian forms (e.g. moccasins and mittens)."
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How the Gochman Family Collection Aims to Support Contemporary Indigenous Artists—and Reshape the Mainstream Art World
Artnews 25 October 2023artnews.com/art-news/news/gochman-family-collection-contemporary-indigenous-art-profile-1234683937/"Assembled in just the past few years, under the leadership of former gallerist Zach Feuer, the Gochman Family Collection now numbers more than 400 works. 'It is already one of the deepest collections of contemporary Native art,' said curator Candice Hopkins (Carcross/Tagish First Nation), who serves as one of five curatorial advisers to Gochman and Feuer. 'The way that I speak about it is that it’s a good thing and also reflective of the fact that collectors and museum curators really haven’t been acquiring in the way that they should.'"
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Mason Gross exhibition series features work from Indigenous artists
The Daily Targum 4 October 2023dailytargum.com/article/2023/10/mason-gross-exhibition-series-features-work-from-indigenous-artists“Baerg's Tawâskweyâw collection, which translates to ‘a path or gap among the trees,’ incorporates themes of community, urban migration and language revitalization, among other topics central to Indigenous identity in North America, according to his portfolio. Given Rutgers' history as an institution built on Indigenous land, Siggillino said it is important for the University to interact with Indigenous creatives and recognize their contributions to society. Programs like those by Co-Cureate are made to structurally and systemically support this mission, he said.”
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Star Crop Eared Wolf, Marcy Friesen, and more
Foyer 26 September 2023readfoyer.com/article/star-crop-eared-wolf-marcy-friesen-and-more"The title of the exhibition being the Cree word for “I, me, mine,” Friesen reflects on her upbringing and family history, using her beadwork – and humour- to transform everyday objects and blur the barriers between art and artist. Filled with vibrant colours and cheeky references, NINA furthers Friesen’s practice of creating works highlighting artisanal craftsmanship beyond traditional spectrums of beauty and utility."
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‘An Indigenous Present’ Is a Paradigm-Shifting Illumination of Native North American Art Today
Colossal 12 September 2023thisiscolossal.com/2023/09/an-indigenous-present/"The tome highlights the remarkable diversity of media and cultural influences across the continent, from fashion artist Jamie Okuma’s intricately beaded designer boots to Dana Claxton’s elaborate Headdress portrait series to Northwest Coast artist and Chief Beau Dick’s expressive masks."
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Focus Highlights Indigenous Artists at the 2023 Armory Show
FAAZINE 9 September 2023firstamericanartmagazine.com/focus-armory-show-2023/"Hopkins selected solo and two-person exhibits to explore hidden histories and the malleability of history. “The artists in the Focus section use materials to manifest histories—whether sedimented or surfaced, place-based or familial, learned or reclaimed—and to conjure specific futures,” Hopkins wrote in her curatorial statement."
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I Hate to Admit it, But I Loved the Armory Show
Hyperallergic 8 September 2023hyperallergic.com/843696/i-hate-to-admit-it-but-i-loved-the-armory-show/"Ontario-based Inuk artist Couzyn Van Heuvelen exhibited some of his foil balloon pieces, inspired by the Inuit seal-skin floats used to hunt marine animals. These works are typically filled with helium, but the fair prohibited it, worried that the artworks would drift up into the convention center’s impossibly high ceilings, thousands of dollars lost forever. 'They told us: ‘Pop them or get out,' said Fazakas Gallery owner LaTiesha Fazakas. 'So we blew them up ourselves using straws.'"
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Q&A: Indigenous Fashion Designers Jason Baerg and Melanie Monique Rose
Native News Online 19 August 2023nativenewsonline.net/arts-entertainment/q-a-indigenous-fashion-designers-jason-baerg-and-melanie-monique-rose“This weekend at the Santa Fe Indian Market Fashion Show, designer Jason Baerg (Métis and Cree) and collaborator Melanie Monique Rose (Métis Nation of Saskatchewan) will unveil their latest collection: Sisopekinam: Medicines Lead Us Forward. The pair harvested roots, flowers, and other plants native to their homelands in Saskatchewan and used them to press into cloth. The collection is in collaboration with the fashion brand Ayimach Horizons.”
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Groundbreaking survey examines performance and objecthood in Native North American Contemporary Art
Artdaily 29 June 2023artdaily.com/news/158782/Groundbreaking-survey-examines-performance-and-objecthood-in-Native-North-American-Contemporary-Art"The Center for Curatorial Studies’ Hessel Museum of Art presents the first major exhibition to center performance as an origin point for the development of contemporary art by Native American, First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and Alaska Native artists. Curated by leading scholar and curator Candice Hopkins (Carcross/Tagish First Nation), Indian Theater: Native Performance, Art, and Self-Determination since 1969 traces the history of experimentation that emerged in the late 1960s and continues to inform the practice of Native artists today."
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Arctic Amazon: Indigenous art from two sensitive regions in the climate crisis
Gallerieswest 19 June 2023gallerieswest.ca/magazine/stories/arctic-amazon/"Van Heuvelen is an Inuit artist who was born in Iqaluit and now lives in southern Ontario, and this powerful sculpture combines a keen sense of contemporary art with a respectful homage to the traditions of Inuit carving. Displayed on a series of sharp-edged white forms that evoke shards of ice, the sled seems trapped in a melting ice field, graphically reflecting the effects of climate change on traditional hunting grounds."
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