ANTH272 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Consumerism, Brushstrokes, Emily Carr
24 Oct 2016
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Renowned canadian artist emily carr is known as one of the most prominent and influential female artists of her time. Born to english parents in british columbia, carr grew up in the home they built in victoria, on vancouver island. Brought up presbyterian, carr was fascinated by indigenous art and wrote about the powerful aura of spirit she sensed in first nations art (ago, 2014). Her subject matter consists largely of landscapes characterized by the vivid pigment and loose brushstrokes. Her chosen media varies from oil on canvas, to charcoal on paper. Infamously recognized for her paintings of the totem poles of indigenous peoples of the. Pacific northwest coast, carr"s work remains a point of contention in the canadian consciousness as the viewer is left to decide whether she was appropriating or appreciating first nations culture. Contemporary li wilda x w artist of the kwakwaka"wakw nations sonny assu is an interdisciplinary artist and graduate from emily carr university.
