Exhibition

Wóknaga

Sat, Apr 1, 2028 to Sun, Apr 23, 2028 @ Gallery on 3rd

Community: Watrous and Area Arts Council


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Dave Pelletier, Pebbles, acrylic on canvas, 24 x 36", 2023, Collection of Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery

The exhibition Wóknaga1, Nakoda for "He Tells His Own Story"2, features paintings by Métis, Nêhiyawak/Nakoda/Anishinaabe/Scottish artist, Dave Pelletier, of môso-tâpiskan3, now known as Moose Jaw. Working within a Woodland School style, Pelletier honours Indigenous intergenerational transfer of knowledge through storytelling within these canvases, while offering his own imagined narratives that play out through the graphic and colourful compositions of animals and figures of Turtle Island. Inspired by the work of Norval Morriseau, Pelletier’s compositions, of stylized, abstracted forms, bold colours and crisp, black outlines and energy lines, offer narratives that speak to the artist’s own search for traditional knowledge and his journey to place himself and connect with his Indigenous cultures.

1 Pronounced WOKE-nah-gah in Nakoda.
2 Translated by Nakoda speaker, Matthew Spencer, May 12, 2024.
3 Pronounced moh-so-TAHP-skun in nêhiyawak (Cree).

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