Carl Beam
Kwakwaka'wakw · 1943–2005 · Painter, Printmaker
Carl Beam, born Carl Edward Migwans, was an Indigenous Canadian multi-media artist whose career confronted Canada's colonial legacy through innovate means of creativity. His… (Wikipedia)
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Geronimo - On Route to a Concentration Camp...Levis Fine Art Auctions · CA$863≈ $853≈ £430≈ €537Sign up to see
Group of Carl Beam PrintsLevis Fine Art Auctions · CA$761≈ $561≈ £422≈ €502Sign up to see
Feather, MigwansLevis Fine Art Auctions · CA$403≈ $399≈ £201≈ €251Sign up to see
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Carl Beam, born Carl Edward Migwans, was an Indigenous Canadian multi-media artist whose career confronted Canada's colonial legacy through innovate means of creativity. His work engaged with the contemporary issues and experiences of the Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island. Beam made Canadian art history as the first artist of Indigenous Ancestry (Ojibwe), to have his work purchased by the National Gallery of Canada as Contemporary Art. A major retrospective of his work was organized by the National Gallery of Canada in 2010. He worked in various photographic mediums, mixed media, oil, acrylic, spontaneously scripted text on canvas, works on paper, Plexiglas, stone, cement, wood, handmade ceramic pottery, and found objects, in addition to etching, lithography, and screen process.
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Longyear Museum of AnthropologyNational Gallery of CanadaNational Museum of the American IndianSmithsonian Institution
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Also known as Carl Edward Beam, Carl Edward Migwans
Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By). See data sources & attribution.