"The fact that those will generate a significant dollar to allow us to buy Indigenous art, for me, is incredibly powerful,” he said. The symbolism of Queen Elizabeth II going out its doors - and Indigenous art coming in - is not lost on Borys. He's hoping the art auction will raise a million dollars. To raise funds to create an endowment fund to purchase First Nation and Metis art, the WAG is selling prints of an Andy Warhol series: Reigning Queens. “There's a huge missing component and here we are in Winnipeg." "One per cent of our entire collection is dedicated to First Nations and metis art,” Borys said. The WAG says 40 per cent of the WAG's collection is from Inuit artists, and they are looking to add more Indigenous artists. While workers paused, WAG CEO and director Stephen Borys said they are hoping to add more First Nations and Metis artists to the collection. On the floor below this display, Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG) workers were busy putting together an exhibit with work from Blackfoot artist Fay HeavyShield in the same room a Robert Houle exhibit was in months before. And that's the best way to support an indigenous artist - by buying their work." Angeconeb is one of the few First Nations artists who make a living from their work. While walking through rows of Inuit art at Qaumajuq, Anishinaabe woodlands artist Blake Angeconeb said it felt powerful to be in a room full of Indigenous art. Funds from four famed prints of Queen Elizabeth II from an Andy Warhol series will be going towards buying work from Indigenous artists.
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