5th Contemporary Native Art Biennial : Honoring Kinship
BACA
25 Jun - 28 Aug 2020
Wally Dion, Evening star, morning star, 2019, Circuit boards, auto paint, steel wire, steel tube, 47 x 95 in, unique work.
The gallery Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain is honoured the present the works by Bob Boyer, Hannah Claus, Wally Dion and Dylan Miner curated by David Garneau part of the fifth edition of the Contemporary Native Art Biennial.
The title of the fifth edition of the Contemporary Native Art Biennial, Kahwatsiretátie: Teionkwariwaienna Tekariwaiennawahkòntie, was gifted to BACA 2020, by Kahnawa;ke Elder Otsitsaken:ra and faith keeper Niioieren. They explained to exhibition Ie'nikónirare Faye Mullen that the phrase evokes the interconnectedness of all things. It describes kinship as a continuous circle, and conveys the idea that these relations require our active maintenance. The art works selected for Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain (PFOAC) are aesthetic and conceptual kin. They are abstract, often minimalist blankets or maps embodying an ambivalent relationship to contemporary life.
The title of the fifth edition of the Contemporary Native Art Biennial, Kahwatsiretátie: Teionkwariwaienna Tekariwaiennawahkòntie, was gifted to BACA 2020, by Kahnawa;ke Elder Otsitsaken:ra and faith keeper Niioieren. They explained to exhibition Ie'nikónirare Faye Mullen that the phrase evokes the interconnectedness of all things. It describes kinship as a continuous circle, and conveys the idea that these relations require our active maintenance. The art works selected for Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain (PFOAC) are aesthetic and conceptual kin. They are abstract, often minimalist blankets or maps embodying an ambivalent relationship to contemporary life.