Supporting Artist Edward Poitras

The exhibition Revolution in the Rock Garden presents a focused survey of the compelling political, spiritual, and provocative work of Saskatchewan artist Edward Poitras, created over the course of his highly respected four-decade artistic career. Poitras envisions this exhibition project as a series of “Treaty Four Art Actions”, which will play out in four acts at four different locations on Treaty Four, including Art Gallery of Swift Current, Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery, Godfrey Dean Art Gallery in Yorkton and the Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre in Medicine Hat. These “art actions” will involve Poitras, in collaboration with the gallery curators, revisiting and re-contextualizing his past works, as well as including new works, which address the colonial history and impact of Treaty Four.