This print was part of an exhibition entitled Double Bind, and was printed at the Manitoba Printmakers Association in 1989, sewn together in 1990 and exhibited after 1991. Double Bind was exhibited in Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay, Toronto, and Halifax.
Dimensions
200 X 144 cm
Size Overall
213 X 157 cm
Medium
screen collograph print
Condition
Slight creasing due to being folded in storage. Small puncture hole in area BM.
This print was part of an exhibition entitled Double Bind, and was printed at the Manitoba Printmakers Association in 1989, sewn together in 1990 and exhibited after 1991. Double Bind was exhibited in Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay, Toronto, and Halifax.
This print was part of an exhibition entitled Double Bind, and was printed at the Manitoba Printmakers Association in 1989, sewn together in 1990 and exhibited after 1991. Double Bind was exhibited in Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay, Toronto, and Halifax.
Dimensions
196.5 X 144.5 cm
Size Overall
224 X 173 cm
Medium
screen collograph print
Condition
Slight wrinkling and creasing from being folded in storage.
This print was part of an exhibition entitled Double Bind, and was printed at the Manitoba Printmakers Association in 1989, sewn together in 1990 and exhibited after 1991. Double Bind was exhibited in Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay, Toronto, and Halifax.
Dimensions
193 X 145 cm
Size Overall
216 X 168 cm
Medium
screen collograph print
Condition
Slight wrinkling and creasing from being folded in storage.
Multiple yellow accretion marks down right edge of picture. Backing paper is almost completely torn off on the perimeter edges. Frame has multiple abrasions and chips all around frame edge. Bottom two mitre joints are separated.
Several paint scratches all over image. Tear in canvas in BL area of the image. Canvas bulged form wooden back support on L, B and R. Traction cracks all over image (result of dry environment). 2cm vertical scratch in paint on BL side; small nail hole
Isaac Bignell is a Cree artist from The Pas Reserve, 400 miles north of Winnipeg, MB. After leaving The Pas, Isaac has lived in Winnipeg, Minneapolis and Vancouver. Basically a self-taught artist, Isaac has developed various techniques to achieve a distinctive artistic style which combines traditional images with innovative design and color combinations.
Series
59/99
Description
This limited edition print has been individually hand colored in acrylic by the artist, which gives each print an original quality.
The tipi was raised at noon on Friday, August 15, 1997 in the Tipi Village at the Canada Summer Games site, Brandon, Manitoba. A pipe ceremony was conducted by elders Mary and Solomon Hall of Sioux Valley, Manitoba and a feast was provided by the students. At the conclusion of the Summer Games it was set up on the campus of Brandon University to welcome all to a new year.
The painted sun on the eastern door cover symbolically welcomes the sun into and out of the tipi during it's daily journey. The cover is made with the intention to invite not only the sun, but everyone into the tipi. The red hands radiating from the sun are the hands of those who painted this tipi. The painted hand imprint is a most ancient image recorded by humans. It is a clear message of human presence and all that humanity means. These hands are reaching out like the rays of the sun to greet all with warmth in the 'Welcome Lodge'.
Dimensions
158 X 122 cm
Size Overall
same as image
Medium
acrylic
Notes
Designed and painted by the students of the Experiments in Traditional Art Forms class of 1997.
Condition
Canvas is heavily creased from storage. Severe cracks in paint throughout. Water stain in area TM, as well as a brown stain in area RM. There is a 66 cm vertical gash down the center of the image, but has been sewn up.
