Contemporary International Indigenous Art at the National Gallery
Will Wilson, "K'ómoks Imperial Stormtrooper (Andy Everson)," Citizen of the K'ómoks First Nation , 2017
from the series "Critical Indigenous Photographic Exchange: Seattle Art Museum," exhibition print, 50" x 40", Seattle Art Museum, 2018 Commission, Courtesy of the artist.
A second exhibition of contemporary international Indigenous art organized by the National Gallery of Canada, Àbadakone / Continuous Fire / Feu continuel, opens to the public on Nov. 8.
On view until April 5, the show brings together works by more than 70 artists identifying with approximately 40 Indigenous nations, ethnicities and tribal affiliations from 16 countries, including Canada.
The list includes Shuvinai Ashoona (Inuk, from Kinngait, Nunavut), Rebecca Belmore (Anishinaabe from Upsala, Ont.), Jordan Bennett (Mi'kmaq from Stephenville Crossing, Nfld.), Manuel Chavajay (Maya-Tz'utujil, from San Pedro la Laguna, Guatemala), Laakkuluk Williamson-Bathory (Inuk, based in Iqaluit, Nunavut), Mata Aho Collective (Māori, from Aotearoa/New Zealand), Tracey Moffatt (Aboriginal Australian from Brisbane), Zanele Muholi (Zulu from Umlazi, South Africa), Joar Nango (Sámi, from Alta, Norway), Evgeniy Salinder (Nenets, from Salekhard, Siberia), Sarah Sense (Chitimacha and Choctaw from Sacramento, California), Joseph Tisiga (Kaska Dene from Edmonton), and Will Wilson (Diné, from Santa Fe, New Mexico).
The exhibition builds on Sakahàn, or "to light a fire," shown at the Ottawa gallery in 2013.
Source: National Gallery of Canada
