ooshchipayihk ᐊᓂᐦᔑᓂᓃᒧᐏᐣ origin 2

View Similar Items

Irena Orlov - Horse Block Painting Art Mixed Media on Canvas 40x60"

Irena Orlov - Horse Block Abstract Green Painting Art Mixed Media on Canvas 40x60"

Irena Orlov - Abstract Modern Horse Block Painting Art Mixed Media on Canvas 40x60"

Max Kremer - "Iceberg" Contemporary Colorful Blue Toned Geometric Abstract Landscape Painting

Richard Britell - Road to Olana (Horizontal Monochromatic Purple Landscape Painting on Canvas)

Bill Maggio - Large Contemporary Black and White Geometric Texture

Moisés Villafuerte - Small Blue and Bright Orange Abstract Contemporary Lifeboat Painting

Tim Owen - Spindrift

Ron Mills-Pinyas - Life Force - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract Acrylic Painting

Tim Owen - Black and Blue

Fredda Tone - Cow, abstracted cow soft blue, white

Neltje - Return to The Meadow- Vivid colors 60 X 60

About the Item

In their new exhibition kisewâtisiw_miyootootow – S/he is Mercifully_Respectful, Jason Baerg continue to explore the Cree Medicine Wheel, Indigenous futurism, and signature techniques and materials. This body of work is the third installment of the project which takes the western quadrant of water/blue/sage as its main theme. Mostly conceptualized during the transitionary fall and winter of 2023, the southern/red and eastern/yellow quadrants are still influencing and reverberating in the works. The lessons of the Medicine Wheel overall are evoked in quad groupings as these concepts build upon each other in a holistic nature. This exhibition now draws from and adds upon this circle of teachings by focusing on water’s diverse energy since it can be found naturally in all three states of matter. While Baerg has explored site specificity in the past, this exhibition and its focus may be fitting for the island of Tio’tia:ke, “where the rivers meet”. Through abstraction, conceptual exploration, laser cutting, and new larger dimension works, Baerg explores the cardinal direction where the sun sets. Indeed, the western quadrant’s element of water evokes shapeshifting qualities reflected in the works. Beyond aesthetics, the vigor of ideas that Baerg is working through includes the dynamic space on, behind, or underneath the painted planes. It is a conceptual compliment to the darkness of night or shadows and water’s permeability in unlikely spaces. Evoking a unity, they stack compositions together as supportive groupings. They mimic the architectural space of the gallery, but also act as inviting portals or gateways to utopia. These evoke teachings related to Indigenous dwelling construction embedded within the tipi and the Medicine Wheel. Additionally in this exhibition, these painted planes are newly expanded into tondo compositions carrying weighted symbolism of the circle. Baerg also innovates this body of work resolving larger dimensioned pieces perhaps like vast expanses of water or an evening sky. To meet these challenges, they have adapted with unexpected approaches and tools applied to familiar elements like spirit orbs which vibrate with energy or Norval Morriseau’s Thunderbirds. Laser cuts continue to be used with distinct spacings drawn from Agnes Martin’s concept of visual rhythms from (1999). The signature effect of cascading fringe creates strings of droplets rolling from works and revealing underworlds beneath. The titles of the artworks and exhibition refers to Métis teachings as Baerg develops and integrates Michif and Cree language into their work. What Grace Dillion might describe as a part of an Indigenous Futurist ethic of biskaabiiyang, or “returning to ourselves“. These practices, names, and teachings center radical conceptions of love and care. What Leanne Simpson referred to as sâkihitowask or love medicine/future love. These emotional evocations reflect the sentimentality of the west/blue quadrant and sage’s role as medicine. Baerg’s grappling with these ideas and further technological exploration cements them as a compassionate futurist. They are drawing from what already exists here/now and innovating and projecting teachings into the future for the generations that will come, again relating to the life stages of the Medicine Wheel and intergenerational community holism. Creating and imagining pathways forward is one way to care and develop future protocol. Here these teachings come through abstraction as a language beyond the rational, with colour as a light vibrating medicine that sings if we listen.

Creator:
Jason Baerg (1970)
Creation Year:
2023
Dimensions:
Height: 72 in (182.88 cm)Width: 60 in (152.4 cm)
Medium:
Canvas,Acrylic
Movement & Style:
Contemporary
Period:
2010-
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Montreal, CA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU47613812272

More From This Seller

View All

Le trou

By Eric Lamontagne

Located in Montreal, Quebec

Interaction with one of Lamontagne’s works is, simply put, a surreal experience. By using one of several points of entrance, viewers are permitted to experience multiple views of com...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Eric Lamontagne
Le trou, 2018

$3,800

Doubt

By Judith Berry

Located in Montreal, Quebec

At first glance the subjects of Judith Berry’s paintings appear to be monumental forms such as prairies, forests and mountains. Upon closer inspection they could be smaller, more man...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Judith Berry
Doubt, 2012

$10,500

Expectations in the New City

By Judith Berry

Located in Montreal, Quebec

At first glance the subjects of Judith Berry’s paintings appear to be monumental forms such as prairies, forests and mountains. Upon closer inspection they could be smaller, more man...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Judith Berry
Expectations in the New City, 2010

$13,750

La belle époque

By Eric Lamontagne

Located in Montreal, Quebec

Interaction with one of Lamontagne’s works is, simply put, a surreal experience. By using one of several points of entrance, viewers are permitted to experience multiple views of com...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Oil

Eric Lamontagne
La belle époque, 2015

$4,600

L’éther

By Hédy Gobaa

Located in Montreal, Quebec

Hédy Gobaa combines photography and painting in his production. In 2018, he defended a doctoral thesis at UQAM where he questioned the role of digital devices in the artistical creat...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hédy Gobaa
L’éther, 2019

$2,800

KWG # hors-sol

By Hédy Gobaa

Located in Montreal, Quebec

Hédy Gobaa combines photography and painting in his production. In 2018, he defended a doctoral thesis at UQAM where he questioned the role of digital devices in the artistical creat...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hédy Gobaa
KWG # hors-sol, 2019

$3,600

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Irena Orlov
Horse Block Painting Art Mixed Media on Canvas 40x60", 2022

$6,800 Sale Price

20% Off

Horse Block Abstract Green Painting Art Mixed Media on Canvas 40x60"

By Irena Orlov

Located in Sherman Oaks, CA

One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Irena Orlov
Horse Block Abstract Green Painting Art Mixed Media on Canvas 40x60", 2022

$6,800 Sale Price

20% Off

Abstract Modern Horse Block Painting Art Mixed Media on Canvas 40x60"

By Irena Orlov

Located in Sherman Oaks, CA

One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Irena Orlov
Abstract Modern Horse Block Painting Art Mixed Media on Canvas 40x60", 20221200

$6,800 Sale Price

20% Off

"Iceberg" Contemporary Colorful Blue Toned Geometric Abstract Landscape Painting

Located in Houston, TX

Contemporary abstract painting by local Houston artist Max Kremer. Currently featured in the show "5 Artists 5 Rooms" at Reeves Art + Design in Houston, TX....

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Max Kremer
"Iceberg" Contemporary Colorful Blue Toned Geometric Abstract Landscape Painting, 2022

$5,500

Road to Olana (Horizontal Monochromatic Purple Landscape Painting on Canvas)

By Richard Britell

Located in Hudson, NY

25 x 55 inches horizontal, monochromatic lavender purple landscape acrylic painting on canvas This contemporary, horizontal landscape acrylic paintin...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Richard Britell
Road to Olana (Horizontal Monochromatic Purple Landscape Painting on Canvas), 2005

$4,500

Large Contemporary Black and White Geometric Texture

By Bill Maggio

Located in Buffalo, NY

T.O.S.#1 (Diptych) by WC Maggio is currently on view at The Raft in a two person show called Conversations Never Imagined. His complex works feature many layers of water-based pai...

Category