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Item Details
Title: Father Forgive Them
Artist: Chief Henry Speck
Date: [1964]
Format: Painting [watercolour]
Size: 41.30 × 34.30 cm
More Information: Artist signed and titled, reproduced in catalogue of Gallery of Tribal Art for an exhibition of paintings by Speck, c. 1958-1964, held in April 1995. Courtesy of the University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections.
Further Research: Aboriginal Art in the SixtiesRelated Items
- 01. The Indian as Artist, Part 1
Wilson Duff and Chief Henry Speck (Audio) - 02. What the Heck Says Mr. Speck: The Chief Gives a Tootle for the Talents of Kwakiutl, Vancouver Sun, March 24, 1961
Chief Henry Speck (Ephemera) - 03. Mick Henry opening
Michael de Courcy, Mick Henry, and Dennis Vance (Photograph) - 04. Diana Dunstan and Chief Dan George
(Photograph) - 05. Pencil Drawing
Chief Henry Speck (Drawing) - 06. Sea Monster Mask Dance - Ga-gish
Chief Henry Speck (Painting) - 07. Indian paints his history, Vancouver Province, March 21, 1964
Nikki Moir and Chief Henry Speck (Ephemera) - 08. Video screening at Intermedia
Michael de Courcy, Roy Kiyooka, and Henry Rappaport (Photograph)
More Related Items
- 09. Video screening at Intermedia
Michael de Courcy, Al Neil, and Henry Rappaport (Photograph) - 10. Mick Henry opening
Michael de Courcy (Photograph) - 11. Henry Rappaport outside of Intermedia on 4th Avenue
Michael de Courcy and Henry Rappaport (Photograph) - 12. Official Gathering
(Photograph) - 13. Mathias Joe (Chief Joe Capilano) with a Totem Pole
Mathias Joe (Chief Joe Capilano) (Photograph) - 14. Chief Mungo Martin holds copper crest to be presented with the Royal Totem Pole to the Queen
Mungo Martin (Photograph) - 15. Indian Painter Chief Exhibitor: Banquet Opens Port Alberni Show - Lawren Harris Officiates, Vancouver Province, September 20, 1944
Palette (Ephemera)
Project Sites
Discrete project sites documenting the work of specific artists and collectives in detail.
- 01Aboriginal Art in the Sixties
Curated by Marcia Crosby
Research by Roberta Kremer Designed by The Future - 02Al Neil
Curated by Glenn Alteen Designed by Archer Pechawis - 03Expanded Literary Practices
Curated by Charo Neville
and Michael Turner Designed by The Future - 04The Intermedia Catalogue
Created by Michael de Courcy
Research by Sarah Todd Designed by James Szuszkiewicz - 05Transmission Difficulties
Curated by Scott Watson Designed by Dexter Sinister
- 01Aboriginal Art in the Sixties
Essays
Essays and conversation providing a context for exploring the Project Sites and Archives.
- 01Making Indian Art “Modern”
By Marcia Crosby - 02Vancouver Cinema in the Sixties
By Zoë Druick - 03UBC in the Sixties: A Conversation
Edited by Marian Penner Bancroft - 04Siting the Banal: The Expanded Landscapes of the N.E. Thing Co.
By Nancy Shaw - 05Urban Renewal: Ghost Traps, Collage, Condos, and Squats
By Scott Watson
- 01Making Indian Art “Modern”
Video Interviews
Video interviews conducted between December 2008 and May 2009 reflecting on Vancouver’s art scene in the sixties.
- 01Ingrid Baxter with Grant Arnold
- 02Christos Dikeakos with Lorna Brown
- 03Carole Itter with Lorna Brown
- 04Gary Lee-Nova with Scott Watson