Gerald McMaster
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| Born | March 9, 1953 |
| Nationality | Canadian, Siksika Nation |
| Occupation(s) | curator, artist |
Gerald Raymond McMaster
Early life and education
Gerald McMaster was born in 1953 and grew up on the
McMaster says, "I've been an urban Indian since the age of nine. I've attended art school in the United States, trained in the Western tradition; yet I am referred to as an 'Indian' artist. I have danced and sung in the traditional powwow style of Northern Plains, yet my musical tastes are global ..."[1]
McMaster studied art at the
Artwork
McMaster draws and paints with humour and an ironic juxtaposition of traditional and contemporary pop culture elements. Identities, fluid and multiple, are central to his art practice. In his piece Eclectic Baseball, "traditional Plains Indian symbols of warfare and sacred ceremony were freely mixed with symbols and actual equipment of contemporary baseball". One of his best known series is The cowboy/Indian Show.
In 1995, he ceased being a full-time artist in order to devote more time to curating, critical theory, and writing.
Career
From 1977 to 1981, McMaster coordinated the Indian Art Program and was an instructor at the
McMaster has curated a number of thought-provoking contemporary Native art shows, including INDIGENA at the
He served as the director's special assistant and deputy assistant director for cultural resources at the National Museum of the American Indian in New York City from 2000 to 2004. He worked with the permanent collections there, as well as curating the shows, First American Art in 2004 and New Tribe/New York in 2005.[9]
He was curator of Canadian art at the Art Gallery of Ontario until 2012, when he was succeeded by Andrew Hunter.[10][9]
In 2020, McMaster published a Iljuwas Bill Reid: life & Work through the Art Canada Institute. The book is one of the first comprehensive documentations of the artist's storied career and affinity for his indigenous heritage.
Awards and honors
- 2005 - the Order of Canada.
- 2005 - National Aboriginal Achievement Award.[9]
- 2022 - Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts.[11]
Selected published works
- McMaster, Gerald. Iljuwas Bill Reid: Life & Work. Toronto: Art Canada Institute, 2020. ISBN 978-1-4871-0242-5.
- McMaster, Gerald and Clifford E. Trafzer, eds. Native Universe: Voices of Indian America: Native American Tribal Leaders, Writers, Scholars, and Story Tellers. National Geographic, 2008. ISBN 978-1-4262-0335-0.
- McMaster, Gerald and Joe Baker, ed. Remix: New Modernities in a Post-Indian World. Washington DC: National Museum of the American Indian, 2007. ISBN 978-1-933565-10-1.
- McMaster, Gerald, Bruce Bernstein, Kathleen Ash-Milby, eds. First American Art: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection of American Indian Art. Washington DC: National Museum of the American Indian, 2004. ISBN 978-0-295-98403-2.
- McMaster, Gerald. Reservation X. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1999. ISBN 978-0-295-97775-1.
- McMaster, Gerald. The New Tribe: Critical Perspectives and Practices in Aboriginal Contemporary Art. Amsterdam: Acedemisch Proefschrift, University of Amsterdam, 1999. ASIN B001ELWQLK.
- McMaster, Gerald. "Museums and Galleries as Sites for Artistic Intervention", In The Subjects of Art History: Historical Objects in Contemporary Perspectives. Eds. Mark A. Cheetham, Michael Ann Holly, and Keith Moxey. Oxford: Oxford University Press: 250–261. 1998.
- McMaster, Gerald. Jeffery Thomas: Portraits from the Dancing Grounds. Exhibition catalogue. Ottawa: Ottawa Art Gallery, 1996
- McMaster, Gerald. Mary Longman: Traces. Exhibition catalogue. Kamloops, BC: Kamloops Art Gallery, 1996.
- McMaster, Gerald and Lee-Ann Martin. Indigena. Contemporary native perspectives in Canadian art. 1992. ASIN B0010YFFSC.
- McMaster, Gerald, Jennifer S. H. Brown, Clara Harfittay, and Shirley J. R. Madill. Robert Houle: Indians from A to Z. Goose Lance Editions, 1990. ISBN 978-0-88915-156-7.
- McMaster, Gerald. Edward Poitras: Canada Xlvi Biennale Di Venezia. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1995.
Notes
- ^ a b c d Abbot, Larry. Gerald McMaster: Plains Cree. Archived 2009-12-07 at the Wayback Machine A Time of Visions. (retrieved 20 Nov 2009)
- ^ McMaster, Gerald (8 May 2018). "Gerald McMaster: Curating art for a new world". Saskatoon Star Phoenix. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ "News in Brief: Gerald McMaster Joins the Remai Modern and More". Canadian Art. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
- ^ a b Ryan, 297
- ^ a b Newlands, 210
- ^ Showcase: Sharing the Circle. Archived 2008-05-13 at the Wayback Machine Saskatchewan Arts Board. (retrieved 20 Nov 2009)
- ^ Adams, James. "Modern Inuit art: Beyond tradition – and the tourist shops”, The Globe and Mail. Toronto: 8 Apr. 2011. Web.
- ^ "Aboriginal Artists, Contemporary" Archived 2010-05-23 at the Wayback Machine, The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. (retrieved 20 Nov 2009)
- ^ a b c "Native Networks: Gerald McMaster." National Museum of the American Indian. (retrieved 20 Nov 2009)
- ^ Whyte, Murray (15 August 2016). "Inside the walls with Wanda Nanibush, the AGO's agent of change | Toronto Star". The Toronto Star. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
- ^ "Gerald McMaster". en.ggarts.ca. Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ "Gerald McMaster". Amazon.com. (retrieved 20 Nov 2009)
- ^ ACC/CCA | Bibliography – M. Archived 2009-11-05 at the Wayback Machine Aboriginal Curatorial Collective. (retrieved 20 Nov 2009)
References
- Newlands, Anne. Canadian Paintings, Prints and Drawings. Richmond Hill, Ontario: Firefly Books, 2007. ISBN 978-1-55407-290-3.
- Ryan, Allan J. The Trickster Shift: Humour and Irony in Contemporary Native Art. Victoria: University of British Columbia Press, 1999. ISBN 978-0-7748-0704-3.
- G. R. Mcmaster, 1953– at the University of Amsterdam Album Academicum website
External links
- Gerald McMaster's art Archived 2010-07-03 at the Wayback Machine, on Britesites: [1] Archived 2010-07-03 at the Wayback Machine [2] Archived 2010-04-30 at the Wayback Machine [3] Archived 2010-07-03 at the Wayback Machine [4] Archived 2010-07-03 at the Wayback Machine [5] Archived 2010-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
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