July 28, 2018 - September 15, 2018
Visions of the Hunt presents powerful and intriguing imagery of animals and people in modern and contemporary artwork from the Prairies in all media that touch on the themes – and sometimes controversial issues – around the practice of hunting. The exhibition includes contemporary Indigenous artists Brittney and Richelle Bear Hat’s installation about their family’s traditions, Little Cree Women (Sisters, Secrets & Stories) and Adrian Stimson’s ironic Post Modern Bison; Paul Freeman’s astonishing, life-size stags in It’s Only Natural, Marianne Corliss’ startling and sensuous fur portraits of Louis XIV and Queen Elizabeth II, and a suite of delicate historical linocut prints by Illingworth Kerr which are informed by his trapper’s knowledge of animals; amongst a host of other works by predominantly Alberta artists.
