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Robert Houle : red is beautiful

Title
Robert Houle : red is beautiful / edited by Wanda Nanibush.
Author
Houle, Robert
Publication
Toronto, Ontario : Art Gallery of Ontario ; New York : DelMonico Books - D.A.P., 2021.

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Additional Authors
  • Nanibush, Wanda
  • Art Gallery of Ontario, host institution.
  • Contemporary Calgary (Art gallery), host institution.
  • Winnipeg Art Gallery, host institution.
  • National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.), host institution.
Description
248 pages : illustrations, portraits; 27 x 27 cm
Summary
An extensive survey spanning more than 50 years, Robert Houle: Red Is Beautiful celebrates Houle's ongoing career as an internationally recognized Indigenous artist, curator and writer, calling attention to First Nations and settler-colonialist histories through the critical lens of his impressive oeuvre. Painful personal experiences from the time he spent in residential school as a youth are brought into sharp relief through painting. Houle's visual commentary tackles global topics including commercial appropriation, Indigenous resistance movements, land rights, religion and war, among others. A leader in challenging systemic racial biases, Houle has played a significant role at successfully introducing Indigenous art and its relationship to the contemporary art world in Canada and beyond. Rare excerpts from the artist's archive are featured alongside major scholarly texts, poetic writings and personal anecdotes from fellow prominent Indigenous thinkers and creators, offering new insights about an artist ahead of his time. Exhibition: Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Toronto, Canada (03.12.2021-03.04.2022) / Contemporary Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Summer 2022) / Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada (Fall 2022) / Smithsonian, National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, USA (2023-2024).
Alternative Title
Red is beautiful
Subject
  • Houle, Robert > Exhibitions
  • Houle, Robert
  • 1900-2099
  • Indian art > Canada > 20th century > Exhibitions
  • Indian art > Canada > 21st century > Exhibitions
  • Indian art
  • Canada
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • Catalog of an exhibition held at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, December 3, 2021-April 18, 2022, Contemporary Calgary, Alberta, June-September, 2022, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba, October 2022-March 2023, and at the National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C., May 2023-May 2024.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Curator's preface / Wanda Nanibush -- I am the Redman / Duke Redbird -- Parfleche in motion : Robert Houle at Les Deux Magots / Gerald Vizenor -- My uncle, the artist / Alanaise Onischin Ferguson, with contributions by Megan Davies -- Robert & me / Kay WalkingStick -- a postcard from standoff / Faye HeavyShield -- Friendships & solidarity / Jamelie Hassan & Ron Benner -- The transformative abstraction of Robert Houle / Mark A. Cheetham -- Robert Houle's Kanata : beyond history painting / Wanda Nanibush -- Robert Houle's Palisade / Michael Bell -- Ojibwa tableaux vivants : George Catlin, Robert Houle, and transcultural materialism / Jessica L. Horton -- Analogues Indigenous materiality / David Penney -- Installing Sand Bay and the parfleches with Robert Houle / Stephen Borys -- Critical writing / Robert Houle.
Call Number
JQF 22-1102
ISBN
  • 1636810373
  • 9781636810379
OCLC
1289942798
Author
Houle, Robert, artist.
Title
Robert Houle : red is beautiful / edited by Wanda Nanibush.
Publisher
Toronto, Ontario : Art Gallery of Ontario ; New York : DelMonico Books - D.A.P., 2021.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Local Note
EXHIBITION CATALOG. CO-PUB. W/ ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO. WORKS IN VARIOUS MEDIA WITH COMMENTARY. COLOR
Chronological Term
1900-2099
Added Author
Nanibush, Wanda, editor, curator.
Art Gallery of Ontario, host institution.
Contemporary Calgary (Art gallery), host institution.
Winnipeg Art Gallery, host institution.
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.), host institution.
Research Call Number
JQF 22-1102
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