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Rebecca Belmore: Rising to the Occasion

by (artist) Rebecca Belmore

Publisher
The Vancouver Art Gallery
Initial publish date
Jan 2008
Category
Native American, Contemporary (1945-)
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781895442687
    Publish Date
    Jan 2008
    List Price
    $60

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Description

The book is the first large-scale survey of artwork by the renowned Canadian artist. Comprising 20 works, includes key examples of Belmore’s practice from the past two decades, including the celebrated video installation Fountain, first presented at the 2005 Venice Biennale. Organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery and curated by Daina Augaitis, chief curator/associate director and Kathleen Ritter, assistant curator.

About the author

Born in Upsala, Ontario, Rebecca Belmore is a member of Lac Seul First Nation (Anishinaabe). She attended the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto and is internationally recognized for her performance and installation art. Since 1987, her multi-disciplinary work has addressed history, place, and identity through the media of sculpture, installation, video, and performance.

Belmore was Canada's official representative at the 2005 Venice Biennale, the first indigenous artist to represent Canada at the event. Her work has appeared in numerous exhibitions both nationally and internationally including two solo touring exhibitions, The Named and the Unnamed, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver (2002); and 33 Pieces, Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto at Mississauga (2001). Her group exhibitions include Houseguests, Art Gallery of Ontario (2001); Longing and Belonging: From the Faraway Nearby, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico (1995); Land, Spirit, Power, National Gallery of Canada (1992); and Creation or Death: We Will Win, at the Havana Biennial, Havana Cuba (1991).

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