“Indian Residential School, Leaving the Shallow Graves and Going Home” by Artist Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun
A strong portray by famend Indigenous artist Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun (Coast Salish title, Lets’lo:tseltun). Yuxweluptun is a graduate of the Emily Carr Faculty of Artwork and Design. His large-scale work typically make use of Coast Salish cosmology, Northwest Coast formal design components, and the Western panorama custom. Knowledgeable by his private experiences, Yuxweluptun’s work goals to doc and promote change in up to date Indigenous historical past in addition to discover political, environmental, and cultural points.
His current portray, entitled “Indian Residential Faculty, Leaving the Shallow Graves and Going Dwelling,” was commissioned by Dixon Mitchell Funding Counsel to mark Canada’s inaugural Reality & Reconciliation Day. It has simply offered at public sale for $157,250. All proceeds (together with public sale charges) shall be donated to the Orange Shirt Society and the Indian Residential School Survivors Society. Try Yuxweluptun’s portray and a brief video concerning the piece beneath!
