Frank Shebageget, Model For Canadian Indian Homes, 2021. Screenprint in blue ink on white, wove, machine made cotton paper. Purchased 2024 (no. 2023.0169.5) 漏 Frank Shebageget, Photo: NGC
The National Gallery of Canada (NGC) is presenting HOME: A Space of Sharing and Strength, an exhibition which will highlight recent acquisitions made by the NGC that explore the idea of home as a “powerful but fragile site.”
The exhibition, which opened earlier this month, will run until December 15, 2024.
Six artists will be featured in the show, including Sarah Anne Johnson based in Winnepeg; Jimmy Manning, Inuk, based in Kinngait [Cape Dorset]; Siwa Mgoboza, Hlubi, based in Cape Town; Curtis Talwst Santiago of Trinidadian heritage, based in Edmonton; Frank Shebageget, Anishinaabe, based in Ottawa; and Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum, born in Botswana, and now based in The Hague. All six artists wil depict the global reach of art practices based in local and community concerns. Sarah Anne Johnson (Canadian, b. 1976) MBFR, 2021. Three Pigment Prints with Oil Paint. Image: 70? x 35? (178 x 89 cm) each element
Overall: Approximately 75? x 110? (190.5 x 279.5 cm) (SAJ.22920) (Image courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery)
The 16 works on view include photography, sculptures, paintings and prints that were acquired by the National Gallery of Canada between 2020 and 2024.
HOME: A Space of Sharing and Strength suggests that home is “a place of respect, enriched through shared experiences, va...