Ahmoo's Prayer - Drawings from Obishikokkang

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by Anishnawbe artist Ahmoo Angeconeb
Organized and circulated by the Thunder Bay Art Gallery
Showing September 15th -October 30th 2009
@ Red Lake Regional Heritage Centre
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© Red Lake Regional Heritage Centre
Ahmoo Angeconeb in front of exhibit
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Obishikokkang is the name of the village on Lac Seul that is home to Ahmoo Angeconeb, one of the leading figures in contemporary Anishnabe art today. Over the last 8 years, Angeconeb has worked intermittently on an extended series of drawings which amount to a private meditation on racial origins, family circumstance, personal history, and cultural heritage. He has carefully developed his own visual syntax based on the ancient forms and the oral traditions of his people.
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Some paleolithic European imagery is incorporated in this contemplation. As part of this artist's working process, each drawing is preceded by a prayer, and over time the reverence and austerity of that activity has imbued the whole series. All works are executed in blue and white pencil crayon on black paper, lending the series a special dignity.
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Source: Red Lake Regional Heritage Centre, Red Lake, Ontario CANADA
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