Princess Moonrider, A Space Gallery, Toronto

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A Space Gallery, imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival

http://www.aspacegallery.org/index.php?m=programdetails&id=49

1.The East Wind Brings a New Day (installation). 9’ x 25

2.My Dad Showed Me How (installation), as part of The East Wind Brings a New Day.

3.The East Wind Brings a New Day (detail with figure and table)

4.The East Wind Brings a New Day (detail), Group of Seven paint samples with table

5.Portrait of Two Artists

Woodlands Ojibway meets Prairies Blackfoot/Saulteaux in the Big Smoke. This two-person collaborative exhibit works to reclaim images of First Peoples within the media and popular culture. Maria Hupfield’s work advances her previous investigations into memory, location and history in a sculptural installation that references iconic representations of the “Indian princess” and canoes. Terrance Houle’s video installation plays on the troupe of Indians as “wagon burners.” Using satire, irony and humour, these artist’s works share larger concerns about their position as artists working within an urban context while maintaining a connection to culture, community and land.