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Caroline Monnet's first exhibition at the Art Museum reverses the colonial gaze

by Jasmine Wemigwans

The Varsity, March 17, 2024

The Varsity, 2024

The University of Toronto's Art Museum welcomes mutidisciplinary artist Caroline Monnet's first solo exhibition in Toronto: Pizandawatc/The One Who Listens/Celui qui écoute. Named after the artist's great-grandmother, Mani Pizandawatc, the exhibition honours Monnet's Anishnaabe and French heritage. Monnet uses traditional Indigenous techniques and materials in new ways, depicting an ongoing Indigenous identity which resists cultural genocide and confronts colonialism. The article describes several works in the exhibition, such as Nous Sommes le Chemin que Parcourons/We are the Path We Travel, Ikwe Origami (Portage de la Femme), Canopy, Akwìnowag (Flock), and Voice Gone Cannot Speak. Curator Mona Filip and executive director Barbara Fischer emphasize how Monnet's work benefits the Art Museum and the greater UofT community.

ITEM 2024.012 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

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