[BCMA] Upcoming Exhibit at Satellite Gallery, 560 Seymour Street, Vancouver

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 1, 2012



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PROJECTIONS: The Paintings of Henry Speck, Udzi'stalis

Satellite Gallery, 2nd Floor, 560 Seymour Street, Vancouver, BC
July 14 to September 15, 2012

Opening Reception:
Friday, July 13, 6:00 - 9:00 pm Everyone Welcome
Curators' tour by Karen Duffek and Marcia Crosby:
Saturday, September 15, 2:00 pm
Free admission



The Kwakwaka'wakw artist Henry Speck, or Udzi'stalis (1908 - 1971), became a "newly discovered phenomenon" in 1964 when his paintings of masked dancers, coastal creatures, and sea monsters were shown at Vancouver's New Design Gallery.

Chief Speck, from Turnour Island, British Columbia, was a community leader, teacher, cultural practitione, and artist. He was noted for his abilities as a ceremonial speaker and painter of dance screens. By the 1930s he was also becoming known for his modern paintings, rendered in vibrant colours and textures. His work caught the attention of the Austrian artist and theorist, Wolfgang Paalen, and was declared by the Haida artist Bill Reid to be "far beyond anything attempted before in Kwakiutl art." Today, it is inspiring a new generation of artists, while provoking questions about the place of Aboriginal art practices in the history of 20th century modernism.
Experience Henry Speck's paintings through originals and large-scale projections that refigure his work against a backstory of media images, sound, and film-an installation that evokes the changing contexts of the mythic and the modern in the 20th century.
The exhibition is curated by Karen Duffek, MOA Curator of Contemporary Visual Arts & Pacific Northwest; and Marcia Crosby, writer, scholar, and PhD candidate, UBC Department of Art History, Visual Art, and Theory.
This exhibition is made possible with support from the Michael O'Brian Family Foundation, and is organized by the UBC Museum of Anthropology and Satellite Gallery. Satellite Gallery provides shared space for MOA, the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery (UBC), and Presentation House Gallery.
For more information, please contact Karen Benbassat, Satellite Gallery, karen at satellitegallery.ca, (604) 681-8425. www.satellitegallery.ca




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Images: (top right) Henry Speck, Moon Mask Dancers. Painting on paper, 35.6 x 42.9 cm. MOA A8003 (top left) Henry Speck,Kli-un zis (Great Sea Lion). Pencil on paper. U'Mista Cultural Centre, acc. 86/04. Photo: Trevor Isaac. (bottom left) Henry Speck, c. 1964. Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection, #a033146, Audrey & Harry Hawthorn Library & Archives, MOA

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