to be reckoned with…

Mary Anne Barkhouse • Ruth Cuthand • David Garneau • Robert Houle • Nadia Myre
May 15 – August 22, 2010

Complementing the historical representations of First Nations peoples in James Henderson: Wicite Owapi Wicasa, this exhibition will showcase some of the MacKenzie Art Gallery’s most recent acquisitions to the permanent collection. Pivotal works produced by five influential contemporary First Nations and Métis artists will be brought together in consideration of questions about history, identity and colonialism. Together the artists’ individual investigations into the realities of colonization and the effects of contact speak of a history of interaction: the pre- and post-contact relations that have informed and shaped Canadian history and contemporary culture. Ultimately, the exhibition is about reconciling what is truly relevant about the past with what is important about the present, and creating a dialogue which will enable the co-existence of future generations.

Rober Houle Artist Lecture
Friday, August 20 at 7:30 pm
Join us for a presentation by distinguished guest lecturer Robert Houle. Fresh from his two installations in Paris, Houle will speak about Indigenous abstraction and his work Palisade I which is featured in the exhibition to be reckoned with...

A permanent collection exhibition organized by the MacKenzie Art Gallery with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Saskatchewan Arts Board, and the City of Regina Arts Commission.

Top image:

Ruth Cuthand, Trading: Chicken Pox, 2008, acrylic paint, glass seed beads on beading medium mounted on suede board. Collection of the MacKenzie Art Gallery, purchased with the support of the York Wilson Endowment Award, administered by the Canada Council for the Arts

Bottom image:

David Garneau, Canadian Flag/Flower, 2005, oil on canvas. Collection of the MacKenzie Art Gallery, purchased with the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance Program

to be reckoned with…

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