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Sarain Stump as Napolean Royal in the film Alien Thunder (1973), director Claude Fournier. © Rose Films, used with permission.

Mixing Stars and Sand: The Art & Legacy of Sarain Stump

Sarain Stump (1945–1974) was an Italian-born Plains Cree autodidact and polymath artist, writer, musician, actor and educator

Event

Mixing Stars and Sand: The Art & Legacy of Sarain Stump

Kenderdine Art Gallery
Oct. 15 - Dec. 15, 2018

OPENING RECEPTION
Friday, Oct. 26 at 7 pm

Co-curators, Anthony Kiendl and Gerald McMaster
Organized and circulated by the MacKenzie Art Gallery

Mixing Stars and Sand: The Art & Legacy of Sarain Stump is a multi-faceted project that makes a major contribution to the art history of the Canadian prairies. It focuses on the art and legacy of Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974), Italian-born Plains Cree autodidact and polymath artist, writer, musician, actor and educator. He was hugely influential in Saskatchewan and internationally, particularly from 1970 to 1974, but has been largely overlooked by the mainstream art world.


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