Edgar Heap of Birds - click thumbnails to view images
Beat Nation
June 26 - August 1, 2009
Opening Friday June 26 @ 8 pm
Beat Nation is a combination web project and exhibition coordinated by the grunt gallery. It is curated by Skeena Reece and Tania Willard and includes the work of Jackson 2bears (Victoria), Sonny Assu (Vancouver), Corey Bulpitt (Vancouver), Kevin Burton (Vancouver), Enpaauk Andrew Dexel (Vancouver), Nicholas Galanin (Sitka, Alaska) and many others."Native graffiti art, indigenized iPods, Inuit break dancing, indigenous-language hip hop and video, Indian bling and urban wear: the roots of hip hop culture and music have been transformed by indigenous cultures and identities into new forms of visual culture and music that echo the realities of Aboriginal people. Beat Nation is about music, it's about art and it's about the spirit of us as indigenous peoples and cultures." (Tania Willard, Co-curator)
