Carl Beam and Bob Boyer: Radical Artists :: 2018 :: Exhibitions :: Gallery Gevik

Carl Beam · Bob Boyer

An exhibition of works by two of the most influential second-generation Canadian Indigenous artists. Bob Boyer (1948-2004) is a Métis artist whose abstracted, symbolic landscapes are an expression of the artist's deeply held cultural beliefs. Carl Beam (1943-2005), Ojibwa, employs a range of media, including painting and printmaking to explore tensions between Western and Aboriginal relations.

Untitled (Eagle) mixed media on paper, 30" × 21"	New Medicine, 1979 acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 68" × 50"	Red Box, 1999 oil on canvas, 62" × 47"
Rockets etc. A/P, 22" × 30"	Sadat I, 1982-3 ceramic bowl, 14½" (D)	Sadat II, 1982-3 ceramic bowl, 14" (D)
Sitting Bull and Appearance acrylic on paper, 22" × 30"	Untitled, 2000 mixed media on paper, 11½" × 16"	Untitled (Mishibijiw - Underwater Panther), 1992 pottery, 10" × 12½"
Untitled (Collage) mixed media on paper, 28" × 25"	Interview photo transfer, 13¾" × 11"

Acoma Flyway, 1996 acrylic on paper, 29½" × 21¾"	Duck & Dive at St. Ignatius, 2001 oil on canvas, 24" × 30"	Etowah Hills, 1996 oil on canvas, 30" × 35"
In the Middle of the Shell, 1997 oil on canvas, 44" × 42"	Keepers of the Fire, 1999 acrylic on canvas, 24" × 30"	Mackay Crossing, 1999 fresco on wallboard, 44" × 72"
Once in a Blue Moon you see a Buffalo in the Sky, 1989 pastel on paper, 44" × 30" each (diptych)	Sitting Bull's Camp at Big Beaver, 2002 oil on canvas, 24" × 30"	We Go to The Hills to Pray, 2002 oil on canvas, 30" × 40"

Daphne Odjig, Canadian Indigenous Artist and Icon Dies at 97. Click here for more details.

Odjig is frequently referred to as the "Grandmother of Indigenous Art." She has been the recipient of many awards, honours and recognitions for her works, to name a few: The Order of Canada, the Governor General's Award, and eight Honorary Doctorates. Her works have been shown in the National Gallery of Canada, The McMichael Canadian Art Collection, the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the Art Gallery of Ontario.

She established the first native-run fine art print house in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1971. Known as 'Odjig Indian Prints,' this print house was so successful that it evolved into an Indigenous gallery space in 1974, called the New Warehouse Gallery, run by Odjig and her husband, Chester Beavon. She was also a founding member of the Indian Group of Seven. This artistic group's purpose was to promote Contemporary Indigenous art and artists.

Alex Janvier's major retrospective, "Alex Janvier: Modern Indigenous Master" is now open at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg, Ontario until January 21st, 2018. Afterwards, it will travel to the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton and the Glenbow Museum in Calgary.

This exhibition was recently on display at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa and the MacKenzie Art Gallery in Regina. Alex Janvier is one of Canada's most acclaimed contemporary artists. His career of sixty-five years has yielded thousands of paintings, and more than twenty-five murals and public commissions. (Photo credit: Kim Griffiths)

Gallery Gevik congratulates renowned Canadian and International abstract painter, Rita Letendre, on her first major museum retrospective exhibition outside of Québec. Rita Letendre: Fire and Light is now open until September 17, 2017 at the Art Gallery of Ontario.

This exhibition, which covers Letendre's career from the 1960's to 2000's, is co-curated by Wanda Nanibush and Georgiana Uhlyarik. The retrospective features nearly forty large-scale paintings drawn from major national public and private collections.

Letendre was widely exhibited with the artistic groups, Les Automatistes and Les Plasticiens. She has received the Governor General's Award in Visual Arts, the Prix Paul-Émile Borduas, and the Orders of Canada, Ontario and Québec. Click here for more details.