Yuxweluptun, Lawrence Paul

YUXWELUPTUN, Lawrence Paul, artist (b 1957, Kamloops). Of Coast Salish (see SALISHAN FIRST NATIONS) and OKANAGAN descent, he grew up in KAMLOOPS and RICHMOND. Both his parents were active in aboriginal politics and this family background is reflected in the subject matter of his art. He studied at the EMILY CARR INSTITUTE OF ART & DESIGN from 1978 to 1983. His paintings combine surrealism and other modernist influences with aboriginal imagery and mythology to subvert the romantic tradition of...

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