Ojibwe artist Carl Beam was a critical figure in recent First Nations art in Canada, and he was the first artist of Indigenous ancestry to have works purchased by the National Gallery of Canada as contemporary art. He shunned traditional style, working in the modern mediums of prints and photo-transfer, inserting the personal and the symbolic (both Indigenous and Euro-centric) alongside the historically renowned in powerful visual combinations that also used text and colour freely. Included in this exhibition of…
Find out more »James C. Irving, Chair of the Board of Governors of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, and Thomas Smart, Director/CEO, cordially invite you to attend the opening reception for the exhibitions Carl Beam: One Who is Brave-Hearted Curated by Emma Hassencahl-Perley and organized by the Beaverbrook Art Gallery. Percy Sacobie – Wolastoqiyik Storyteller Curated by Emma Hassencahl-Perley and organized by the Beaverbrook Art Gallery. Karen Stentaford – The Process of Time Curated by John Leroux and organized by the Beaverbrook Art Gallery. Contemporary…
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