Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun - Natives Playing on the Land
Lets’lo:tseltun – Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun (1957-), Natives Playing on the Land, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 274 x 183 cm. MMFA, gift of W. Bruce C. Bailey in honour of Jacques Des Rochers, Senior Curator of Quebec and Canadian Art. © Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun. Courtesy of the artist and Macaulay & Co. Fine Art. Photo MMFA, Jean-François Brière
LETS’LO:TSELTUN – LAWRENCE PAUL YUXWELUPTUN
1957-
Quw’utsun and Syilx Nations
Active in Vancouver
Natives Playing on the Land
2015
Acrylic on canvas
274 x 183 cm
Gift of W. Bruce C. Bailey in honour of Jacques Des Rochers, Senior Curator of Quebec and Canadian Art
This work highlights the tensions between Indigenous and Western visions of territory found in the canons of the landscape representations of interrelated worlds. The Indigenous artist Lets’lo:tseltun – Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun is actively engaged in environmental issues. Here, he refers to forest fires, deforestation caused by oil pipeline projects and epistemological, aesthetic and relational conceptions of the Indigenous world.
Yuxweluptun holds a Bachelor’s in Painting from Emily Carr University of Art and Design, in Vancouver. In a formal language that is uniquely his own, he integrates Northwest Coast Indigenous motifs with Surrealist treatments of natural and industrial elements. His work has been the subject of numerous solo and group exhibitions across Canada and abroad.
