Native Hosts

Marie-Claude Langevin — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:19:25 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Heap of Birds, Edgar

Artwork creator(s):

Heap of Birds, Edgar

Text author(s):

Heap of Birds, Edgar

Text author(s):

Heap of Birds, Edgar

Installation year:

1991

Remarks on location:

On the edge of the lawn, in front of the gallery.

Artwork description

Source: Oleksijczuk, Denise, Lost Illusions. Recent Landscape Art, Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery, 1991, p.52

Description:

Native Hosts consists of 12 aluminum signs that reference the relationship between First Nations and British Columbia.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

BRITISH COLUMBIA
TODAY YOUR HOST
IS
MUSQUEAM

BRITISH COLUMBIA
TODAY YOUR HOST
IS
LIL’WAT

BRITISH COLUMBIA
TODAY YOUR HOST
IS
SQUAMISH

BRITISH COLUMBIA
TODAY YOUR HOST
IS
LILLOOET

BRITISH COLUMBIA
TODAY YOUR HOST
IS
GITKSAN

BRITISH COLUMBIA
TODAY YOUR HOST
IS
NUU’CHAH’NULTH

BRITISH COLUMBIA
TODAY YOUR HOST
IS
WET'SUWET'EN

BRITISH COLUMBIA
TODAY YOUR HOST
IS
HEIDA

BRITISH COLUMBIA
TODAY YOUR HOST
IS
?

BRITISH COLUMBIA
TODAY YOUR HOST
IS
?

BRITISH COLUMBIA
TODAY YOUR HOST
IS
?

BRITISH COLUMBIA
TODAY YOUR HOST
IS
?

Text theme:

Acknowledgement of Native rights to claim land in British-Columbia

Artwork theme:

The dispossession of Native people from the land, the struggle of Native North American people for land title, the questioning of the legal administration of the land in British Columbia.

History

History:

1. History:
Event: Lost Illusions: Recent Lanscape Art, organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery (Curator: Denise Oleksijczuk).
Nov 2-Dec 29 1991

2. History:
• The artwork is part of a project incorporating four works, organized by the Grunt Gallery and exhibited in turn for one year at a gallery in Vancouver and elsewhere. Although the art project encompasses Insurgent Messages (for Canada) and Native Hosts, Words, Trees, Chiapas / In Honor of EZLN and Wheels: Overlays is entitled Public Art for the Americas, each work is an individual event with a separate title.

• Artwork sited at 12 different locations across the Northwest sector of the UBC campus, 2007.

Dimensions

Height:

1.54m

Width:

0.91m

Other information

Artist's biography:

HOCK E AYE VI EDGAR HEAP OF BIRDS

Source:

1. Edgar Heap of Birds (dit aussi Hachivi Edgar Heap of Birds ; Hock Y Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds; Hock E Aye Vi Hachivi Edgar Heap of Birds) <a href="mailto:eheapofbirds@yahoo.com">eheapofbirds@yahoo.com</a> 2. Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery University of British Columbia 1825 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z2 Pour d’autres renseignements sur «Native Hosts» contacter Naomi Sawada : <a href="mailto:naomi.sawada@ubc.ca" target="_blank" title="email Naomi Sawada naomi.sawada@ubc.ca">naomi.sawada@ubc.ca</a>, tel: (604) 822-3640, or fax: (604) 822-6689

Document(s):

Billboard. Art on the Road. A Retrospective Exhibition of Artists' Billboard of the Last 30 Years

Edgar Heap of Birds. Public Art for the Americas

Lost Illusions: Recent Landscape Art

Outdoor Art Tour. Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap Of Birds. Native Hosts

The Most Exciting Art Opportunity in the City. Carrall Street Greenway: Public Art Plan

Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Lost Illusions : Recent Landscape Art

Native Hosts