Nekt wikuhpon ehpit (Paperback)

Terry Graff

ISBN 10: 092067478X / ISBN 13: 9780920674789

Published by Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, 2009

Paperback. No present without the past. No equality without feminism.Nekt wikuhpon ehpit chronicles the sources, inspiration, and personal circumstances that have shaped Shirley Bear's visual art, poetry, and political activism and presents the integral relationship amongst these important activities in her life.Countering the invisible silent status ascribed to Indigenous women by patriarchal history and convention, Bear's primary focus has been the recovery of the feminine role in the ancestral life of First Nations culture. Featuring more than 30 reproductions of her work with essays by Terry Graff, Susan Crean, and Carol Taylor, Nekt wikuhpon ehpit both depicts and examines the essential feminine imagery of Bear's work in their symbolic, archetypal, or representative forms.Shirley Bear's work has been featured in exhibitions throughout Canada, the United States, and Europe. Her writing has been featured in several anthologies, including Kelusultiek: Original Women's Voices of Atlantic Canada and The Colour of Resistance. She received the New Brunswick Excellence in the Arts Award in 2002.Pas de present sans le passe. Pas d'egalite sans feminisme.Nekt wikuhpon ehpit rassemble les sources, l'inspiration et les circonstances personnelles qui ont faconne l'art visuel, la poesie et l'activisme politique de Shirley Bear et les presente la relation integrale entre ces activites importantes dans sa vie.Contre le statut de silence invisible attribue aux femmes autochtones par l'histoire et les conventions patriarcales, Bear se concentre principalement sur le retablissement du role feminin dans la vie ancestrale de la culture des Premieres Nations. Avec plus de 30 reproductions de son travail avec des essais de Terry Graff, Susan Crean et Carol Taylor, Nekt wikuhpon ehpit depeint l'imagerie feminine essentielle du travail de Bear sous leurs formes symboliques, archetypales ou representatives.Le travail de Shirley Bear a ete presente dans des expositions au Canada, aux etats-Unis et en Europe. Ses ecrits ont ete presentes dans plusieurs anthologies, notamment Kelusultiek: Original Women's Voices of Atlantic Canada et The Color of Resistance. Elle a recu le Prix d'excellence dans les arts du Nouveau-Brunswick en 2002. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780920674789

Synopsis:

No present without the past. No equality without feminism.Nekt wikuhpon ehpit chronicles the sources, inspiration, and personal circumstances that have shaped Shirley Bear's visual art, poetry, and political activism and presents the integral relationship amongst these important activities in her life.Countering the invisible silent status ascribed to Indigenous women by patriarchal history and convention, Bear's primary focus has been the recovery of the feminine role in the ancestral life of First Nations culture. Featuring more than 30 reproductions of her work with essays by Terry Graff, Susan Crean, and Carol Taylor, Nekt wikuhpon ehpit both depicts and examines the essential feminine imagery of Bear's work in their symbolic, archetypal, or representative forms.Shirley Bear's work has been featured in exhibitions throughout Canada, the United States, and Europe. Her writing has been featured in several anthologies, including Kelusultiek: Original Women's Voices of Atlantic CanadaandThe Colour of Resistance. She received the New Brunswick Excellence in the Arts Award in 2002.

About the Author: Terry Graff is a visual artist, curator, and writer. He has served as Director and Chief Curator of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton and the Mendel Art Gallery in Saskatoon. His art work has toured internationally and is included in many private and public collections.Terry Graff est un artiste visuel, conservateur et écrivain. Il a été directeur et conservateur en chef de la Beaverbrook Art Gallery de Fredericton et de la Mendel Art Gallery de Saskatoon. Ses œuvres ont fait des tournées internationales et figurent dans de nombreuses collections privées et publiques.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Nekt wikuhpon ehpit (Paperback)
Publisher: Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton
Publication Date: 2009
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new