Walter Phillips Gallery
Glyde Hall, St. Julien Way
Banff, Alberta Canada
October 17 – December 13, 2009
Laid Over To Cover:
Photography and Weaving in the Salishan Landscape
Curated by David Bellman and Meirion Cynog Evans
"This exhibition will present key examples of historical (ca. 1890–1950) and contemporary Coast Salish and Interior Salish weaving juxtaposed with nineteenth century photographic documentation of aboriginal territories and terrains. The contemporary work of two prominent artists, Keith Nahanee (Squamish Nation/Coast Salish) and Melvin Williams (Lil'wat Nation/Interior Salish), will augment the vital morphology of their culturally integrated, inherently invisible craft of weaving."
[text and graphic from Banff Centre press mailing. Caption: "Alexander Barton Thom, Tenth Crossing of Kicking Horse River, British Columbia, 1886-87. [Kootenay / Ktunaxa and Shuswap / Secwepemc territory.] Courtesy McCord Museum." Cross-posted to Signal Fire.]
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