CDNS 2618 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Emily Carr, Haida Gwaii, Skidegate
14 Apr 2018
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Lesson 4 & 5: introduction to the art of emily carr (feb 2nd)+(feb 9th) Received public recognition by 195 at 64 years. Believed fns carvings had aesthetic value, wanted to record all remarkable features of natives. Spent time in fn villages, was attracted to aboriginal life and culture, talked to. She rejected the concept of civilization against savagery . People found it difficult to understand to understand her art. Feminist icon: was a feminist heroine due to her life story of rebellion against social conformity and her independence as a woman who did not marry because of her devotion to her artistic career. Desire to convey living qualities of the forest; trees, vegetation mountains, spiritual bond of all creation. Her unusual friendships later became appropriate to a woman whose career taught her about the problems of marginalization. Her opportunities to travel + freedom for a middle-class woman.
