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Close encounters : the next 500 years / curated by Candice Hopkins [and others] ; edited by Sherry Farrell Racette.

Farrell Racette, Sherry. (Editor). Hopkins, Candice. (Added Author).

Summary:

"Close Encounters: The Next 500 Years is a critical reader and exhibition catalogue that presents 33 international Indigenous artists from across Canada, the United States, South America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, including newly commissioned work from Rebecca Belmore, Faye HeavyShield, Kent Monkman, Edward Poitras and Jimmie Durham. Fourteen contributors present essays that map four distinct sub-themes of the exhibition related to the imagined future for Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.

Featured artists: KC Adams, Maria Thereza Alves, Shuvinai Ashoona, Mary Anne Barkhouse, Michael Belmore, Rebecca Belmore, Colleen Cutschall, Wally Dion, Jimmie Durham, Rosalie Favell, Jeffrey Gibson, Brett Graham, Faye HeavyShield, Marja Helander, Jonathan Jones, Brian Jungen, James Luna, Kavavaow Mannomee, Tracey Moffatt, Kent Monkman, Reuben Paterson, Archer Pechawis, Edward Poitras, Postcommodity, Pudlo Pudlat, Lisa Reihana, Paul Anders Simma, Doug Smarch Jr., Skawennati, Christian Thompson, Marie Watt, Linus Woods, Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun." --pub. desc.

Record details

ISBN: 9780921381365
ISBN: 0921381360
Physical Description: 217 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Publisher: Winnipeg : Plug In Editions, 2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-194).
Formatted Contents Note:	Listen to the still, small voice: a stroll down Winnipeg's Broadway Avenue c. 2010 / Jenny Western -- Jimmie Durham's Poles to mark the centre of the world / Richard William Hill -- Oshki Bimaadiziwin, new life / Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair -- After the dance / Richard William Hill -- Why can't beauty be a call to action? / Candice Hopkins -- Sanctuary / Victor Masayesva Jr. -- Flying with Louis / Joane Cardinal-Schubert -- Remembering our future / Lee-Ann Martin -- Imagined futures and utopian dreams / Megan Tamati-Quennell -- Contemporary métis art, prophetic obligation and the individual talent / David Garneau -- House of Charlemagne / Edward Poitras -- Encounters with woods / Jaimie Isaac -- About the future / Loretta Todd -- A manifesto of close encounters / Steve Loft.
Exhibitions Note:	Accompanies the exhibition "Close Encounters: The Next 500 Years" held at various venues in Winnipeg, Man., Jan. 22, 2011-May 8, 2011.