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Yuxweluptun : man of masks / the National Film Board of Canada presents ; director, Dana Claxton ; producer, Selwyn Jacob.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Yuxweluptun, 1957-.
- Yuxweluptun.
- Canada. Indian Act--In art.
- Canada.
- Indian Act (Canada).
- Indian painters--British Columbia--Biography.
- Indian painters.
- Artists--British Columbia--Biography.
- Artists.
- Salish Indians--Biography.
- Salish Indians.
- Art, Canadian--20th century.
- Art, Canadian.
- British Columbia.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Biographies.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (22 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Montréal, Québec] : [Distributed by] National Film Board of Canada, [2018]
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- In 1868 the Canadian government passed the Indian Act to subdue Native peoples by confining them to reservations, outlawing their languages, destroying land rights and denying them a vote. Yuxweluptun: Man of Masks opens at the Bisley Rifle Range in Surrey, England, where Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun is shooting the Indian Act, a performance piece to protest the ongoing effects of the legislation on Aboriginal people. Back in Canada, "An Indian shooting the Indian Act" opens at Vancouver's Grunt Gallery where framed copies, riddled with bullet holes, are on display. Yuxweluptun is a modernist whose artistic influences come from his home in Vancouver, British Columbia. His surrealist canvases deal with ozone depletion, land claims, Aboriginal rights, clear-cut logging and racism. One of Canada's most important painters, this Salish artist has exhibited in Paris, Zurich, Barcelona and Switzerland. Interviews with Yuxweluptun, striking images of his paintings and a visit to his virtual reality longhouse provide a glimpse into contemporary First Nations art making and the politics of the artist.
- Participant:
- [Featuring Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun].
- Credits:
- Editor, Shelly Hamer ; camera, Dana Claxton [and 4 others] ; music, Russell Wallace.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: National Film Board of Canada, ©1998; previously released in 1999.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed October 1, 2018).
- Publisher Number:
- nf-yuxwel Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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