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Item Details
Title: Face Carving
Artist: Pat McGuire
Date: 1970
Format: Sculpture
Location: Collection of Michael McGuire
Size: 4.30 × 5.50 cm
More Information: Argellite carving. Face with a ‘V’ carved into the middle of the forehead, circular eyes, pronounced vertical groove above slightly open lips. Collection of Mike McGuire.
Further Research: Aboriginal Art in the SixtiesRelated Items
- 01. Killer Whale Earrings
Pat McGuire (Sculpture) - 02. T'sonokua in the water with an Octopus
Mungo Martin (Painting) - 03. Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer carving cedar log in Totem Park
Doug Cranmer and Bill Reid (Photograph) - 04. Kwigwis
Chief Henry Speck (Painting) - 05. Eaton's Salutes Our Native Indian Culture, Vancouver Sun, July 18, 1967
(Ephemera) - 06. Ellen Neel Carving with Children
Ellen Neel (Photograph) - 07. Indians to Get New Home Grants, Vancouver Sun, May 16, 1967
(Ephemera) - 08. Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer carving the frontal board of Haida Mortuary pole
Doug Cranmer and Bill Reid (Photograph)
More Related Items
- 09. Robert Davidson carving totem pole at "Man in His World"
Robert Davidson (Photograph) - 10. Kwakiute Indian Carving Totem Pole, Ellen Neel carving demonstration
Ellen Neel (Photograph) - 11. Hunter Lewis introducing Mungo Martin at the opening of Totem Park
Mungo Martin (Photograph) - 12. The Bear
Judith Morgan (Painting) - 13. Education Creating Leaders for Indians, Scholars Told, Vancouver Sun, January 31, 1969
Robert Davidson (Ephemera) - 14. Creator of Totem Pole, Native Voice, September 1954
Arthur Moody (Ephemera) - 15. Totem Poles and Long Houses at the University of British Columbia
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Project Sites
Discrete project sites documenting the work of specific artists and collectives in detail.
- 01Aboriginal Art in the Sixties
Curated by Marcia Crosby
Research by Roberta Kremer Designed by The Future - 02Al Neil
Curated by Glenn Alteen Designed by Archer Pechawis - 03Expanded Literary Practices
Curated by Charo Neville
and Michael Turner Designed by The Future - 04The Intermedia Catalogue
Created by Michael de Courcy
Research by Sarah Todd Designed by James Szuszkiewicz - 05Transmission Difficulties
Curated by Scott Watson Designed by Dexter Sinister
- 01Aboriginal Art in the Sixties
Essays
Essays and conversation providing a context for exploring the Project Sites and Archives.
- 01Making Indian Art “Modern”
By Marcia Crosby - 02Vancouver Cinema in the Sixties
By Zoë Druick - 03UBC in the Sixties: A Conversation
Edited by Marian Penner Bancroft - 04Siting the Banal: The Expanded Landscapes of the N.E. Thing Co.
By Nancy Shaw - 05Urban Renewal: Ghost Traps, Collage, Condos, and Squats
By Scott Watson
- 01Making Indian Art “Modern”
Video Interviews
Video interviews conducted between December 2008 and May 2009 reflecting on Vancouver’s art scene in the sixties.
- 01Ingrid Baxter with Grant Arnold
- 02Christos Dikeakos with Lorna Brown
- 03Carole Itter with Lorna Brown
- 04Gary Lee-Nova with Scott Watson