Alex Janvier / Greg A. Hill ; with essays by Chris Dueker and Lee-Ann Martin.

A canonical figure in Native American art history, Alex Janvier has maintained a 50-year artistic practice that fuses aboriginal traditions with modernist abstraction. Influenced by Kandinsky and Klee, his murals and works on paper, canvas and linen explore the Dene geo-cultural landscape of his nor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hill, Greg A., 1967- (Author, Organizer)
Corporate Author: National Gallery of Canada (Organizer, Host institution, Publisher, Issuing body)
Other Authors: Martin, Lee-Ann (Writer of added commentary)
Dueker, Chris (Writer of added commentary)
Janvier, Alex, 1935-
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Text in English.
Published: Ottawa, [Ontario] : National Gallery of Canada, [2016]
Subjects:
Janvier, Alex, > 1935- > Exhibitions.
Janvier, Alex, > 1935-
Janvier, Alex, > 1935- > Expositions.
Indigenous painting > Canada > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Indigenous painting > Canada > 21st century > Exhibitions.
Painting, Abstract > Canada > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Painting, Abstract > Canada > 21st century > Exhibitions.
Peinture canadienne > 20e siècle > Expositions.
Peinture canadienne > 21e siècle > Expositions.
Art indien d'Amérique > Canada > 20e siècle > Expositions.
Art indien d'Amérique > Canada > 21e siècle > Expositions.
Exhibition catalogs.
Illustrated works.
Genre:
Exhibitions.
Expositions.
Exhibition catalogs.
Illustrated works.
Physical Description:202 pages : color illustrations, photographs, portraits ; 28 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Where the land begins / Greg A. Hill
  • The landlord / Lee-Ann Martin
  • The narrative murals of Alex Janvier: abstraction, representation and oral history / Chris Dueker
  • Chronology: the life and work of Alex Janvier / Jaime Koebel.