Alex Janvier

SKU: 9780888849427

Author:
Greg Hill, Chris Dueker, Lee-Ann Martin
Grade Levels:
Nine, Ten, Eleven, Twelve, Adult Education
Book Type:
Paperback
Pages:
200
Publisher:
National Gallery of Canada
Copyright Data:
2016

Price:
Sale price$40.00

Description

Edited by Greg Hill, Chris Dueker, Lee-Ann Martin.

Alex Janvier is among the most important figures in the development of contemporary Indigenous art in Canada. This retrospective presents more than 150 works created from 1950 to the present day and recounts the story of a life devoted to art and the re-empowerment of Indigenous cultures. Over a prolific sixty-five-year career Janvier has produced thousands of paintings and many public commissions, all in a unique style, recognizable for its calligraphic lines, vivid colours, Dene iconography and forms that evoke land, sky, galaxies and microscopic life. Janvier is part of a distinguished group of artists in Canada who have brought Indigenous beliefs, issues and aesthetics to the foreground and successfully combined them with Western art styles and techniques.

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