In the Morning
79.4 cms x 152.4 cms (31.25 ins x 60 ins)
On verso signed, titled and dated 2008
made in 2008
Lot offered for sale by Heffel, Vancouver at the auction event "Spring 2013 Live auction" held on Wed, May 15, 2013.
Lot 030
Lot 030
Estimate: CAD $15,000 - $20,000
Realised: CAD $22,230
Realised: CAD $22,230
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver
Private Collection, Vancouver
Notes:
Of Coast Salish origin, Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun is well known for expressing his political views about the environment and the treatment of First Nations people through his art. The ovoid is a central motif in Haida art, used repeatedly in their stylized depictions of form. Yuxweluptun is reclaiming this motif in his own terms, removing it from its traditional context and taking it into the post-modern world, incorporating elements of Minimalism and Colour Field painting. However, politics are never far from Yuxweluptun's consciousness. In 2009, the National Gallery of Canada held an exhibition of Yuxweluptun's Ovoid series. In the exhibition catalogue, he included a "Manifesto of Ovoidism", in which he stated that he considered that his ovoids were the basis of "a philosophy to think about such things as land claims, Aboriginal rights, self determination and self government, social conditions and environmentalism, Native reason and Native philosoph...to express Native 'modernalities' and to intellectualise place, space and Native reason." Furthermore, In the Morning features a simplistic palette of black, red and white, colours commonly found in Haida imagery.
Please note: this work is unframed.
Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver
Private Collection, Vancouver
Notes:
Of Coast Salish origin, Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun is well known for expressing his political views about the environment and the treatment of First Nations people through his art. The ovoid is a central motif in Haida art, used repeatedly in their stylized depictions of form. Yuxweluptun is reclaiming this motif in his own terms, removing it from its traditional context and taking it into the post-modern world, incorporating elements of Minimalism and Colour Field painting. However, politics are never far from Yuxweluptun's consciousness. In 2009, the National Gallery of Canada held an exhibition of Yuxweluptun's Ovoid series. In the exhibition catalogue, he included a "Manifesto of Ovoidism", in which he stated that he considered that his ovoids were the basis of "a philosophy to think about such things as land claims, Aboriginal rights, self determination and self government, social conditions and environmentalism, Native reason and Native philosoph...to express Native 'modernalities' and to intellectualise place, space and Native reason." Furthermore, In the Morning features a simplistic palette of black, red and white, colours commonly found in Haida imagery.
Please note: this work is unframed.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Heffel auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Heffel auction house for permission to use.