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Artist:  Rebecca Belmore
Title:  Named and Unnamed

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Summary:  Internationally acclaimed First Nations artist Rebecca Belmore stages relationships between bodily performance and sculptural installation. Belmore's work is characteristically linked to the popular representation of First Nations culture and colonial history, current events and social issues pertaining to First Nations women. A strong contemporary voice in the artistic and Aboriginal communities alike, Belmore's renowned performances and installations have offered a voice for her people
Artist:  Rebecca Belmore
Title:  "Named and the Unnamed"
Year:  2002
Runtime:  38 minutes 21 seconds
Size: 146 MB
Summary:  Internationally acclaimed First Nations artist Rebecca Belmore stages relationships between bodily performance and sculptural installation. Belmore's work is characteristically linked to the popular representation of First Nations culture and colonial history, current events and social issues pertaining to First Nations women. A strong contemporary voice in the artistic and Aboriginal communities alike, Belmore's renowned performances and installations have offered a voice for her people.

This exhibition features five works created by the artist in 2002, in response to the horrific unfolding of evidence around the serial killing of women from Vancouver's skid row. Many of the women were of First Nations heritage, and Belmore uses her deeply felt connection as an Aboriginal woman to embody their absence and offer comfort and understanding through ancestral traditions.

Organized by the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, University of British Columbia, with support from The Canada Council for the Arts.

About Rebecca Belmore

Born in Upsala, Ontario, Rebecca Belmore is an artist currently living in Vancouver, British Columbia. She attended the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto and is internationally recognized for her performance and installation art. Since 1987, her multi-disciplinary work has addressed history, place and identity through the media of sculpture, installation, video and performance. Belmore was Canada's official representative at the 2005 Venice Biennale. Her work has appeared in numerous exhibitions both nationally and internationally including two solo touring exhibitions, The Named and the Unnamed, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver (2002); and 33 Pieces, Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto at Mississauga (2001). Her group exhibitions include Houseguests, Art Gallery of Ontario (2001); Longing and Belonging: From the Faraway Nearby, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico (1995); Land, Spirit, Power, National Gallery of Canada (1992); and Creation or Death: We Will Win, at the Havana Biennial, Havana Cuba (1991).