National Gallery of Canada - Part 2

There was a special exhibition on while we were there called Qillaniq, you can read more about it here.  Basically it's an exhibition of art work by Indigenous people.

Below are a few things I saw.  I had mixed feelings about this exhibition.  I will explain at the bottom of this post why.  Just enjoy the photos and the details of the art pieces first.

After we went through this exhibition, we went for a coffee in the cafe.  We ended up talking to the nicest employee who worked in the offices.  We must have talked to her for 20 minutes and she was so informative.  She explained things about some of the exhibits that we would never have discovered.  I would have loved to have had her as our personal guide throughout the National Gallery.

For example there was a papier mache exhibit of an indigenous person who had caught a fish; I didn't take a photo of it.  All made of papier mache.  However, if you had looked at it really close (we did not) it was made up totally of grocery store receipts.  The artist was trying to highlight how expensive things are in the stores further north.

The one with the orange tarp was to show what you can make with items you can find in the far north.  Me personally, I thought people were working in the area!!  I honestly didn't know it was a "work of art!" 

There was one room, where there was a wire attached at the bottom left hand corner and the other end attached at the top of the opposite corner of the room.......that was it!!!  As the employee explained to us, to get through the room you had to walk a certain way past the wire, and that what the artist  wanted to show, that he could determine what people will do..........ME 😕😒😐

I guess what one person likes and what another does makes our world a special place to live in............

Part 3 you will see is more of my speed as far as art is concerned!!