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Title: Armour, Mother of Mobilization, late 21st century
Maker: Catherine Blackburn
Year: 2018
Materials: plastic beads, plastic garbage bags
Measurements: 36”x9”x24”
ID Number: PC2024.4
Legal Status: PERMANENT COLLECTION
Extended Label Info: The two works Armour, Mother of Mobilization, late 21st century and Mother of Mobilization were a part of Catherine Blackburn’s touring exhibition, New Age Warriors that toured throughout Canada for over four years. Merging fashion, beading, photography, and sculpture, Blackburn explores Indigenous sovereignty, decolonization, and representation through the medium of beadwork and photography. While these themes continue to flow through this exhibition, Blackburn’s New Age Warriors expands conversations around love and perseverance. Combining regalia designed from plastic beads with photographs of Indigenous women wearing her creations, Blackburn considers Indigenous futures, storytelling and kinship, drawing from traditions of the past and the culture of the present to celebrate the strength of Indigenous women. Catherine Blackburn was born in Patuanak Saskatchewan and is a member of the English River First Nation (Denesųłiné). She is a multidisciplinary artist and jeweller, whose common themes address Canada's colonial past that are often prompted by personal narratives. Her work grounds itself in the Indigenous feminine and is bound through the ancestral love that stitching suggests. Through stitchwork, she explores Indigenous sovereignty, decolonization and representation. Her work has exhibited in notable national and international exhibitions including: Radical Stitch, Àbadakone, Santa Fe Haute Couture Fashion Show and Toronto Indigenous Fashion Week. She has received numerous awards for her work including the Sobey Art Award longlist (2019/2023), a Forge Residency Fellowship(2022), and an Eiteljorg Fellowship (2021).
Maker: Catherine Blackburn
Year: 2018
Materials: plastic beads, plastic garbage bags
Measurements: 36”x9”x24”
ID Number: PC2024.4
Legal Status: PERMANENT COLLECTION
Extended Label Info: The two works Armour, Mother of Mobilization, late 21st century and Mother of Mobilization were a part of Catherine Blackburn’s touring exhibition, New Age Warriors that toured throughout Canada for over four years. Merging fashion, beading, photography, and sculpture, Blackburn explores Indigenous sovereignty, decolonization, and representation through the medium of beadwork and photography. While these themes continue to flow through this exhibition, Blackburn’s New Age Warriors expands conversations around love and perseverance. Combining regalia designed from plastic beads with photographs of Indigenous women wearing her creations, Blackburn considers Indigenous futures, storytelling and kinship, drawing from traditions of the past and the culture of the present to celebrate the strength of Indigenous women. Catherine Blackburn was born in Patuanak Saskatchewan and is a member of the English River First Nation (Denesųłiné). She is a multidisciplinary artist and jeweller, whose common themes address Canada's colonial past that are often prompted by personal narratives. Her work grounds itself in the Indigenous feminine and is bound through the ancestral love that stitching suggests. Through stitchwork, she explores Indigenous sovereignty, decolonization and representation. Her work has exhibited in notable national and international exhibitions including: Radical Stitch, Àbadakone, Santa Fe Haute Couture Fashion Show and Toronto Indigenous Fashion Week. She has received numerous awards for her work including the Sobey Art Award longlist (2019/2023), a Forge Residency Fellowship(2022), and an Eiteljorg Fellowship (2021).