THE ARTIST HERSELF/ SELF

A stunningly illustrated look at the ways in which women artists have given profound expression to their identities from colonial ti mes to 1970. From Pauline Johnson's performance costumes representing her dual Mohawk and Euro-Canadian identity to Emily Carr's pai nting of herself from the back at her easel, from Hannah Maynard's playful photographs of her multiple selves to Pitseolak Ashoona's sly comment on her participation in the Inuit art market, this publication brings to light a rich but unexplored aspect of women's history i...[Read more]