This exhibition presented a topography of stereotypical images of gender and race in late 19th century and early 20th century advertising images and in art. Focusing on several types, the exhibition draws out the repetition of certain imaginary figures, while presenting contrasting juxtapositions in documentary photography and contemporary artists' interventions.
Jan 10, 2002 – Feb 17, 2002
Past
Indian Princesses & Cowgirls: Stereotypes from the Frontier
Curated by Marilyn Burgess & Gail Guthrie Valaskakis
Circulated by Presentation House Gallery
Circulated by Presentation House Gallery
Marilyn Burgess is the New Media Program Officer at the Canada Council for the Arts. She is also a media artist, independent curator and feminist scholar of Cultural Studies. Her video works have shown internationally and are in the collection of the Art Bank, the National Gallery of Canada. A former professor of Film Studies, her writings on women, media and displacement have appeared in numerous scholarly journals in Canada. Burgess holds a Ph.D. in Communications Studies.
Gail Guthrie Valaskakis was a media studies scholar who taught in the Department of Communication Studies at Concordia University, where she also served as Dean in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (1992-1997). After leaving Concordia, Valaskakis served as Director of Research at the Aboriginal Healing Foundation in Ottawa.
Gail Guthrie Valaskakis was a media studies scholar who taught in the Department of Communication Studies at Concordia University, where she also served as Dean in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (1992-1997). After leaving Concordia, Valaskakis served as Director of Research at the Aboriginal Healing Foundation in Ottawa.
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