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Artist Catherine Boivin has been selected by Marie-Claude Néquado, the Centre d’amitié autochtone and the Musée d’art de Joliette to create the next mural, which will be presented for 2 years at the MAJ. It is through the theme of transmission that she has chosen to address the question of reparation and resilience, which were also at the heart of the previous murals, Mackwisiwin [Strength] by Eruoma Awashish and Mirwatisiwin [Healing] by Marie-Claude Néquado, created in memory of the death of Joyce Echaquan. In this new work, Boivin takes a contemporary look at her Atikamekw culture and how it has been passed down from generation to generation among women. She is interested in the legacies of knowledge linked to the land, to plants and their healing potential, to their representation through the ornamentation of clothing or moccasins, and to the gesture of making these garments. Knowledge and savoir-faire are intertwined here like so many possible transmissions of native cultures, revealed in the work with raw materials and plant matter, derived from the earth and intrinsically connected to the territory, as to the body. In Atikamekw, the expression “in your blood” is used to describe transmission, the act of remembering. Through her work, the artist pays tribute to this heritage and to the memory of her ancestors that circulates within her, which she in turn can bequeath and reinterpret.
The unveiling of Catherine Boivin’s new mural, Ke miritan [What I will give you], will take place on Saturday, October 5, 2024, during the Musée d’art de Joliette’s Fall opening.
This mural is co-produced with the Centre d’amitié autochtone de Lanaudière
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© Catherine Boivin