7: Professional Native Indian Artist Inc. by Michelle LaVallee, Joseph Sanchez, Tom Hill, Barry, Ace, Lee-Ann Martin, Cathy Mattes, Carmen Robertson and Viviane Gray
4to. pp. 360. profusely illustrated. bibliography. hardcover. dw. (near fine - dust wrapper scuffed). [Regina]: MacKenzie Art Gallery, [2014].
First Edition. Published in conjunction with an exhbition.
ISBN-10: 1896470874 / ISBN-13: 9781896470870
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Award-winning catalogue featuring one of Canada's most important artist alliances, the Professional Native Indian Artists Inc. (PNIAI) made history by demanding recognition for its members as professional, contemporary artists at a time when they were routinely excluded from the mainstream art world. In the words of Alex Janvier, they set out to "change the world, the art world, for Natives of Canada." This "Group of Seven," included: Jackson Beardy, Eddy Cobiness, Alex Janvier, Norval Morrisseau, Daphne Odjig, Carl Ray, and Joseph Sanchez
During the 1970s the Group stimulated a new way of thinking about the lives and art of First Nations people. Inspired by the legacy of their ancestors, they translated a world of knowledge based on individual experience and cultural heritage. While there styles and techniques vary from artist to artist, a contemporary Indigenous aesthetic is apparent in the vivid colours, dynamic forms, and non-European sensibility that pervades their work.
With essays by Joseph Sanchez, Tom Hill, Barry, Ace, Lee-Ann Martin, Cathy Mattes, Carmen Robertson, Viviane Gray, Michelle LaVallee, and Duane Linklater.