Nanabozho's Sisters
Nanabozho’s Sisters is an exhibition that acknowledges the history of Indigenous women artists’ contribution to the deployment of humour, irony, and satire within the visual arts.
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Nanabozho’s Sisters est une exposition qui souligne l’histoire de la contribution des femmes autochtones au déploiement de l’humour, de l’ironie et de la satire dans les arts visuels
Nanabozho’s Sisters is an exhibition that acknowledges the history of Indigenous women artists’ contribution to the deployment of humour, irony, and satire within the visual arts. Nanabozho is a ‘trickster’ figure in Anishinaabe stories who can transform into any gender or animal form. We often find ourselves laughing at their actions or admiring their bravery. The trickster spirit is released in this exhibition through the artistic strategies of masquerade, mimicry, parody, ironic reversals, comedic scenarios, anachronistic combinations, and satirical creations. Through the trickster spirit all things that seem fixed, accepted, entrenched, held sacred, formalized and organized can be disrupted, scattered, disorganized and transformed. Curated by Wanda Nanibush with Peter Dykhuis, Nanabozho’s Sisters features work by Rebecca Belmore, Lori Blondeau, Dana Claxton, Thirza Cuthand, Rosalie Favell, Ursula Johnson, Shelley Niro, and Anna Tsouhlarakis.
