Accompanying the exhibition Mother's Mother's Mother: the Legacy and Rebellion of Aboriginal Women's Art, this catalogue brings together essays by the exhibition curator Jenny Western and guest writer Leah Fontaine. Showcasing works by Hannah Claus, Rosalie Favell, Maria Hupfield, Shelley Niro, Daphne Odjig, and Tania Willard, the exhibition addressed the generational relationships that occur among women within familial contexts, schools of theory, and the contemporary Canadian Aboriginal art scene. Linking these three concepts with a line drawn from the traditional to the present, Western and Fontaine reflect upon the creation of historiographies through myth, memory, inheritance, and difference.  Jointly produced by Urban Shaman Gallery, Ace Art Inc., and the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Mother's Mother's Mother was exhibited at Urban Shaman Gallery and Ace Art Inc first in Winnipeg between July 10 and August 16, 2008 and then at the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba between September 5 and October 15, 2008.  This publication was produced by the collaborating venues in partnership with MAWA (Mentoring Artists for Women's Art).

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