Eyes of the World:

Summary

Content type	Content type Image
Collection(s)	Collection(s) Camosun College Art Collection
Resource Type	Resource Type Still image
Genre	Genre printmaking

Origin Information

Date Created/Date Issued	1991
Date Captured	2016-08-01

Abstract/Description

Description / Synopsis

David Neel, born in 1960, is a professional photographer as well as a hereditary Kwakwaka'wakw artist. He works in a number of mediums including wood sculpture, photography, printmaking, and painting. He specializes in traditional mask about contemporary history, and photography of people for commercial, editorial, documentary, and fine art use. He is also a writer and a lecturer. Neel draws on his Kwagiutl heritage for his artistic direction. He inherits his name Tlat’lala’wis’ and a rich artistic heritage from his father, David Neel Sr. His father, a Fort Rupert (Tsaxis) Kwagiutl, was taught to carve by his mother, Ellen Neel (who was taught by her maternal grandfather, Charlie James), and her uncle, Mungo Martin. Neel uses the work of his ancestors as the starting point for his own interpretation of carving and design. Neel studied in Kansas and later moved to Dallas, Texas, where he had the opportunity to work with some of the country’s top photographers. He returned to Vancouver in 1986. His images appear in magazines and posters, as well as in museums and galleries in the United States and Canada. Influenced by the “concerned photographer” such as W. Eugene Smith and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Neel uses his photography, sculpture, serigraphs, and writing to comment on today’s issues. ARTIST INFO: http://www.davidneel.com/biography.php (Accessed January 3, 2017)

Language

English

Physical Description

Extent	Extent 99 (h) x 183 (w)
Physical Form	Physical Form unspecified videorecording videorecording
Physical Description Note	Physical Description Note condition:

Identifiers

Local Identifier	Local Identifier CCART.1991.32

Notes

Note

inscription: TEXT ON PRINT READS: There is no questions that we have won. We have acquired an awareness among the public. We can now talk without bureaucrats sweeping issues like land rights under the rug. - FRANCIS BOOTS, MOHAWK. Maybe I’ve been too busy doing my job to get out and communicate as effectively as I should have. - TOM SIDDON, FEDERAL INDIAN AFFAIRS MINISTER. They forced the barricades up because they weren’t listening to our voices. We were forced to defend ourselves and to defend our territory. We have every right to do what we did - ELLEN GABRIEL, MOHAWK SPOKESPPERSON. This is the price of inaction and refusal to deal with an issue which then becomes a crisis. - FRANCIS DUFOUR, PARTI QUEBECOIS. In the eyes of the world we have shown Quebeckers are among the most civilized and passive people, like no other in the world. - ROBERT BOURASSA, QUEBEC PREMIER. The police on the bridge told us to get back in our cars, close the windows, lock the doors and drive as fast as we could. A chunk of concrete nearly the size of a soccer ball smashed through the window behind me and landed on my father’s chest. There was glass in his socks, in his hair. He was bleeding all over. - MOHAWK STONING VICTIM. They think they can crush the native movement with the military or the police. - GEORGE ERASMUS, ASSEMBLY OF FIRST NATIONS. It was horribly brutal. You can’t really judge what’s going on through television reports. Experiencing this disgusting scene really opens your eyes. - JOHN KIM BELL, CANADIAN NATIVE ARTS FOUNDATION. There is no doubt our relationship with Native people will have to change and that the policies, especially federal policies on land claims, will have to be modified. - JOHN CIACCIA, QUEBEC INDIAN AFFAIRS MINISTER, Every first nation in the country maintains that our sovereignty is not fully extinguished. - GEORGE ERASMUS, ASSEMBLY OF FIRST NATIONS. In the end, firmness, patience, and concern for human life have won the day. - BRIAN MULRONEY, PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA.

Note Type	acquisition
Note	1991

Note Type	provenance
Note	Precise year of creation 1990 or 1991 is not clear. Purchased for the Camosun College Art Collection by the Camosun College Cultural Enhancement Committee directly from artist.

Note	cataloguer: Robbyn Lanning

Access and Rights

Use and Reproduction	Use and Reproduction This material is made available on this site for research and private study only. All Rights Reserved.

Subjects and Classifications

Subject Topic	Subject Topic Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw; Canadian; First Nations (culture) Contemporary 1950 - Québec (Province)--History--Native Crisis, 1990 Mohawk Indians--Government relations Mohawk Indians--Land tenure Government, Resistance to Art--Political aspects Political violence in art Indigenous art Kwakiutl art Art, Modern--20th century Indigenous peoples and mass media Canada--Politics and government--1945- Canada--Politics and government Identity Group identity in art
Subject Name Person	Subject Name Person Horn, Kaniehtiio Horn-Miller, Waneek
Geographic Subject	Geographic Subject Oka, Quebec
Temporal Subject	Temporal Subject 1990

Language	English
Name	Eyes of the World
Authored on	2025-03-07
MIME type	image/tiff
File size	30802720
Width	3000px
Height	1410px
Media Use	Original File

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