Steven Loft Lecture at Western

January 26, 2012

What is the relationship between Aboriginal art and the Canadian state? Stephen Loft, one of Canada’s leading experts on Indigenous art in Canada, will examine this contentious issue in his upcoming lecture at Western: Lies your nation told you: Aboriginal art and the Canadian state.  A curator and media artist, Loft is a Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) of the Haudenosaunee, and a Trudeau Foundation Fellow at Ryerson University, where he lectures on Indigenous art. Prior to this, he was curator-in-residence, Indigenous art, at the National Gallery of Canada, director/curator of Urban Shaman Gallery (Winnipeg), Aboriginal curator, at Art Gallery of Hamilton, and artistic director of the Native Indian/Inuit Photographers’ Association. Loft has curated exhibitions nationally and internationally, most recently as co-curator of Close Encounters: The next 500 years, the largest exhibition of contemporary Indigenous art ever mounted in Canada. In 2005, Loft co-edited Transference, Technology, Tradition: Aboriginal Media and New Media Art (Banff Centre Press), which examines how inexpensive, new technologies have influenced Aboriginal artists. Loft’s lecture is organized and presented by the Public Humanities @ Western in collaboration with McIntosh Gallery and the Department of Visual Arts. 

Public Lecture by Steven Loft: Lies your nation told you: Aboriginal art and the Canadian state
7:00 P.M. February 2nd, Conron Hall, University College room 224
For more information, contact: Joshua Lambier jlambie2@uwo.ca

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