HOW: Engagements with the "Hollywood Indian"
Toronto: A Space (Artists Space), 2008
"This exhibition explores the legacy of the one-dimensional depictions of Native North Americans developed in film, art and literature, which have become accepted as authentic in the nation's consciousness, affecting historic truth and contributing to stereotypical notions of Indigenous peoples. In HOW: Engagements with the "Hollywood Indian", the artists either confront the simplistic misconceptions imposed upon an Indigenous collective consciousness, or expose the alluring influence and desire Hollywood has had on Indigenous lives and imagination." [Quote taken from aspacegallery.org.]
ITEM 2008.202 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Sarah Sense
Greg Staats
Tommy Deer
Terrance Houle
Nadya Kwandibens
Walter Kahero:ton Scott
Torry Mendoza
Rosalie Favell
Ryan Rice