Indigenous Artist Shigeyuki Kihara visits Carleton
Indigenous Artist Shigeyuki Kihara visits Carleton
For those who attended the wonderful exhibition, Sakahàn: International Indigenous Art, at the National Gallery of Canada this past summer, you will no doubt remember the striking photo triptych self-portrait, “Fa’afafine (In the Manner of a Woman)” by the award-winning Samoan artist, Shigeyuki Kihara.
Fa’afafine (In the Manner of a Woman)
From October 8-11, Carleton University is pleased to host a visit by this renowned multi-media artist, with a keynote lecture on Wednesday, October 9, at 7pm, in Room 372, 3rd Floor Residence Commons Banquet Hall, and a Q&A session and reception to follow. Entitled, “Undressing the Pacific” — after her acclaimed mid-career retrospective of the same name — the presentation is free and open to the general public. Pre-registration is recommended in order to plan appropriately for the reception.
Contact: allan_ryan@carleton.ca, or call 613-520-2600, ext. 4035. Doors open at 6:30 pm.
This is a special presentation of the New Sun Chair in Aboriginal Art and Culture and the School of Canadian Studies, with the generous support of the Dean of Arts and Social Sciences.
For more information on the artist and to view her video works, especially “The Making of Siva in Motion”, “Assume Nothing”, “Culture for Sale” and Taualuga: The Last Dance, visit: http://shigeyukikihara.wordpress.com/ and http://vimeo.com/channels/shigeyuki.
Please circulate! Bring your friends.