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GCTC's FRITZI gallery presents:
MARK SEABROOK
April 13 ~ June 6
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A visual art dialogue with Aurthur Milner's "FACTS"
Meet the Artist Reception (free)
Thursday April 15 6-8pm
Mark Seabrook
A gifted Ojibwe artist, poet,
writer, performer, and playwright Mark is an emerging addition to the Ottawa area
artistic and spiritual community.
Early in life, Mark was adopted by a non native
couple and grew up surrounded by the natural beauty of Manitoulin Island. He
returns there often to visit his family and to renew his connection with the
land of his youth. Mark has worked as a elementary school
teacher in a remote northern reserve that lacks many modern amenities including
power lines, cable television, and reliable Internet access. When he isn't teaching, painting, or writing,
he wanders through the countryside of northern Quebec and reconnects with the
sense and spirit of the land. When he isn't on the reserve, he returns to his
partner, technology, noise, and city life in downtown Ottawa.
He paints wherever he is, filling his canvases
with bright blocks of acrylic colours layered later with more subtle care. His
style is strongly reminiscent of another Woodland Cree artist, Norval
Morriseau, one of his
sources of inspiration. He paints
quickly, driven to record, again and again, bold images and symbols that speak
eloquently of his Ojibwe heritage. Mark has a gift for
depicting aspects of aboriginal culture and spirituality that extend beyond
common stereotypes. His paintings usually include people and each figure is
strewn with and surrounded by symbols that define who they are inside, as well
as how they appear to the world. Both are important to Mark.
Born to both Bird Clan and
Fish Clan, birds and fish feature prominently in many of his paintings. The
birds, often ravens, sit silent and bear witness or carry messages to the
figures that live within his works.
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The Lorraine 'Fritzi' Yale Gallery
1233 Wellington Street West (at Holland Avenue), Ottawa.
2nd Floor Level
Entrance is Free and paintings are for sale
HOURS:
Monday-Friday: 10am - 6pm
Saturday: 10am - 4pm
Sunday: 12pm-4pm
For More information please contact Cube Gallery 613 728 1750 |
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