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Carl Beam BIOGRAPHY
1943 West Bay, Manitoulin Island, Canada - 2005. Known for: Mixed media symbolic artwork.
With parents of both Ojibwa and European descent, Carl Beam investigated issues of culture and history in his art. After a period at the Kootenay School of the Arts* in 1971, Beam transferred to the... Read full biography
With parents of both Ojibwa and European descent, Carl Beam investigated issues of culture and history in his art. After a period at the Kootenay School of the Arts* in 1971, Beam transferred to the University of Victoria in 1973, garnering a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1976. As a student, Beam... Read full biography
With parents of both Ojibwa and European descent, Carl Beam investigated issues of culture and history in his art. After a period at the Kootenay School of the Arts* in 1971, Beam transferred to the University of Victoria in 1973, garnering a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1976. As a student, Beam rebelled against the Native "formula" painting of the Woodland School* and began integrating non-Native content into his works. * For more in-depth information about these terms and others, see... Read full biography
With parents of both Ojibwa and European descent, Carl Beam investigated issues of culture and history in his art. After a period at the Kootenay School of the Arts* in 1971, Beam transferred to the University of Victoria in 1973, garnering a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1976. As a student, Beam rebelled against the Native "formula" painting of the Woodland School* and began integrating non-Native content into his works. * For more in-depth information about these terms and others, see AskART.com Glossary http://www.askart.com/AskART/lists/Art_Definition.aspx
With parents of both Ojibwa and European descent, Carl Beam investigated issues of culture and history in his art. After a period at the Kootenay School of the Arts* in 1971, Beam transferred to the University of Victoria in 1973, garnering a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1976. As a student, Beam rebelled against the Native "formula" painting of the Woodland School* and began integrating non-Native content into his works. * For more in-depth information about these terms and others, see AskART.com Glossary http://www.askart.com/AskART/lists/Art_Definition.aspx
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With parents of both Ojibwa and European descent, Carl Beam investigated issues of culture and history in his art. After a period at the Kootenay School of the Arts* in 1971, Beam transferred to the University of Victoria in 1973, garnering a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1976.
As a student, Beam rebelled against the Native "formula" painting of the Woodland School* and began integrating non-Native content into his works.
* For more in-depth information about these terms and others, see AskART.com Glossary http://www.askart.com/AskART/lists/Art_Definition.aspx