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Description
A stunning retrospective of the late Cree artist Dale Auger, featuring more than 150 of his most powerful and inspiring oil paintings.
Dale Auger was a gifted interpreter of Cree culture, using the cross-cultural medium of art to portray scenes from the everyday to the sacred and dissemble stereotypes about Indigenous Peoples. His use of bold, bright colours in oil painting explore the intricate links between spirituality and the natural laws of the land. Birds, beasts, and human forms are carried from the dreamworld onto canvas, their spirits channelled through his paintbrush and presented in brilliant yellows, mystic blues, vibrant reds, and swirls of black.
Medicine Paint is an epic collection of Auger’s best work, reproduced in glorious colour and reflecting the evolution of the artist’s distinctive style. Including a revealing look back at his life and professional development, the book is a stunning tribute to this master artist, who passed away in 2008.
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Editorial Review
“Medicine Paint: The Art of Dale Auger is powerful. This collection of works and writing adds to the history of Indigenous art and voices in Canada. Dale was a prolific artist, the quality of the works presented in this book demonstrates the depth and breadth of his explorations, it is a journey into the Indigenous cosmos; the teachings so beautifully shared are medicine for us all.”
—Adrian A. Stimson, Governor General award winner in Visual Art and current Chair of the Alberta University of the Arts
“Dale Auger was what Plains Elders call a real human being. Raised among the old ones but also earning a PhD with the new ones, he embodied two-eyed seeing. The paintings and words in this handsome volume offer glimpses of the knowledge and vision he carried and shared so generously.”
—David Garneau, artist, curator, writer, and winner of the Governor General’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Visual and Media Art
“The painting of Dale Auger welcomes us into a spirit world. Like a warm home, he invites us to stay awhile; visit, drink tea and let the stories and colour unfold.”
—Tanya Harnett, artist, professor, and member of the Carry-The-Kettle First Nations
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