The AGO is featuring work by modern and contemporary Anishnaabe artists until Nov 24, 2014. After a whirlwind tour I plan to return. A mix of traditional First Nations imagery and media and contemporary explorations of identity and experience with non-traditional materials, the exhibition celebrates the art of the people of the great lakes regions, and others associated with them.
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| David P. Bradley, Pow-Wow Princess in the Process of Acculturation, 1990, acrylic on canvas, 48 x 36″ |
While Shilling's painting technique has much in common with the Group of Seven, his focus is on the people,the settlement carved out of the forest rather than a romantic view of wilderness. Yet he expresses the harshness, power and isolation of the northern landscape very beautifully.
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