Àbadakone Continuous Fire Feu Continuel

By Greg A. Hill Christine Lalonde Rachelle Dickenson

Originally published to accompany the second contemporary international Indigenous art exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada in 2019, badakone Continuous Fire Feu continuel taps into the global pulse of Indigenous artistic production. It builds on themes of continuity, activation, and relatedness, exploring the creativity, concerns, and vitality of Indigenous art from virtually every continent.

badakone features work by more than 70 contemporary Indigenous artists identifying with almost 40 Indigenous nations, ethnicities, and tribal affiliations across Turtle Island and beyond, including Anishinaabe artist Rebecca Belmore, Maya-Tz' utujil artist Manuel Chavajay, and Hlubi artist Siwa Mgoboza. These stunning works are accompanied by major essays by artists and curators, covering topics as diverse as the curatorial methodology behind the exhibitions, Indigenous performance art, African art and Indigeneity, and the intersection of Indigenous art and global art history narratives in an age of post-colonialism and decolonization.

Publi d' abord l' occasion de la deuxi me Exposition internationale d' art indig ne contemporain au Mus e des beaux-arts du Canada, en 2019, badakone Continuous Fire Feu continuel refl te le dynamisme de la production artistique autochtone l' chelle internationale. L' ouvrage exploite des th mes comme la continuit , l' activation et la connectivit , et met en valeur la cr ativit , les questionnements et la vitalit de l' art indig ne de tous les continents, ou presque.

badakone propose des oe uvres de plus de 70 artistes autochtones contemporains repr sentant pr s de 40 nations, ethnicit s et affiliations tribales, de l' le de la Tortue et d' ailleurs. Entre autres: Rebecca Belmore, artiste anishinaabe, Manuel Chavajay, du peuple maya-tz' utujil, et Siwa Mgoboza, du groupe ethnique hlubi. Ces oe uvres remarquables s' accompagnent d' essais fouill s, de la part d' artistes et de conservateurs, sur des sujets allant de la m thodologie de la conversation et de l' exposition l' art performance autochtone, en passant par l' art africain, l' indig n it et l' intersection entre les r cits que portent l' histoire de l' art autochtone et celle de l' art global, l' re du postcolonialisme et de la d colonisation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0888849974
• ISBN13: 9780888849977
• Release Date: November 2026
• Publisher: National Gallery of Canada
• Length: 272 Pages