Born and based on the southern tip of Baffin Island, her fantastical work leaps beyond the “Inuit” into the mainstream of international contemporary art
Some of the pieces on view are so visually appealing and formally accomplished that they draw us in before confronting us with social and political messages.
Artist, writer, activist, environmental lawyer, and knowledge-keeper, Williams-Davidson is a powerful force in the preservation of Haida language, laws, and culture.
In what may be the most engaging photographic exhibition on view this season, the show features everything from artful family-pet portraits to Eadweard Muybridge images of a retriever being fed.
At Gallery Jones, sci-fi meets Ming dynasty porcelain in Tang's "Manga Ormolu" series; at Monte Clark Gallery, Ngan's glazed coils suggest snakes or viscera.