Red is Beautiful: The Conversation - Robert Houle, Faye HeavyShield and Barry Ace

Written By Bridget Thompson

Robert Houle, Faye HeavyShield and Barry Ace in Conversation at the opening of Robert Houle: Red is Beautiful at the Art Gallery of Ontario

Robert Houle: Red is Beautiful consists of over 90 large installations, paintings and drawings created between 1970 and 2021. Themes in the exhibition include Sacred Geometry, The Spiritual Legacy of the Ancient Ones, Beyond History Painting, The Aesthetics of Disappearance, Residential School Years, and Sovereignty.

Houle’s large-scale paintings and installations challenge commercial appropriation of First Nation names like Pontiac and Apache and bring Indigenous land rights to the forefront for the public. Houle's work also address major resistance movements, in Kahnesatake X, and global topics like war and nuclear fallout, in Zero Hour.

Bridget Thompson
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