Wednesday September 16, 2015 7pm - 9pm (2 Hours)
Gallery / Exhibit Lecture / Seminar Wheelchair Accessible Community Museum
artgallery@acadiau.ca
902-585-1373
Jaime Black: The REDress Project
September 16 - November 29, 2015
Join us for an opening on Wednesday September 16, 7pm
The Acadia University Art Gallery is very pleased to present The REDress Project by artist Jaime Black. The large-scale installation is comprised of collected red dresses and calls attention to missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada.
As the artist describes: “Through my ongoing installation, The REDress Project, I have placed the absence of the body as central to the work. This work involves empty red dresses installed ‘floating’ in public space as a spectral reminder of the hundreds of murdered or disappeared Aboriginal women across Canada. This installation piece attempts to situate the Indigenous female body as a contested entity and the specific target of colonial violence while reclaiming space for Indigenous female bodies.”
Jaime Black is a multidisciplinary artist of mixed Anishnaabe/Cree and European descent whose work explores themes of gender, identity, place and resistance through installation, photography and performance. Black’s work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally and is currently on display at The Canadian Museum For Human Rights.
Established in 1978, the Acadia University Art Gallery offers a year-round programme of exhibitions and outreach events that promote engaged publics and encourage visual literacy. We would like to thank Arts Nova Scotia for their support of this project.
There will also be a series of special events planned throughout the Fall, which will encourage the public to think about activism and the creative arts. Check the website for updates.
artgallery@acadiau.ca
902-585-1373
Jaime Black: The REDress Project
September 16 - November 29, 2015
Join us for an opening on Wednesday September 16, 7pm
The Acadia University Art Gallery is very pleased to present The REDress Project by artist Jaime Black. The large-scale installation is comprised of collected red dresses and calls attention to missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada.
As the artist describes: “Through my ongoing installation, The REDress Project, I have placed the absence of the body as central to the work. This work involves empty red dresses installed ‘floating’ in public space as a spectral reminder of the hundreds of murdered or disappeared Aboriginal women across Canada. This installation piece attempts to situate the Indigenous female body as a contested entity and the specific target of colonial violence while reclaiming space for Indigenous female bodies.”
Jaime Black is a multidisciplinary artist of mixed Anishnaabe/Cree and European descent whose work explores themes of gender, identity, place and resistance through installation, photography and performance. Black’s work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally and is currently on display at The Canadian Museum For Human Rights.
Established in 1978, the Acadia University Art Gallery offers a year-round programme of exhibitions and outreach events that promote engaged publics and encourage visual literacy. We would like to thank Arts Nova Scotia for their support of this project.
There will also be a series of special events planned throughout the Fall, which will encourage the public to think about activism and the creative arts. Check the website for updates.
Pricing & Tickets
Pricing: Free
10 Highland Avenue
Wolfville, Nova Scotia
artgallery@acadiau.ca
902-585-1373
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