2021 Sobey Art Award Exhibition
Congratulations to Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory, Winner of the 2021 Sobey Art Award!
Showcasing the artists on the 2021 Sobey Art Award shortlist, this year’s exhibition features thought-provoking works by Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory (Prairies and North), Lorna Bauer (Quebec), Rémi Belliveau (Atlantic), Gabi Dao (West Coast and Yukon), and Rajni Perera (Ontario).
Visitors will be transported into the worlds of these artists from five distinct regions of Canada, each offering new ways of seeing, thinking and being. Rooted in personal experience and a wide range of issues and concerns, the work of this year’s finalists reflects not only their diverse backgrounds, but art practices involving everything from film and performance to painting, installation and photography.
A special complimentary publication on the five finalists is available to all on-site visitors.
Organized by the National Gallery of Canada and the Sobey Art Foundation.
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Gabi Dao, a sentimental dissidence, 2019. Multimedia installation, dimensions variable; Coco Means Ghost, 25 min 24 s; i and you, you and i, 6 min 55 s. Installation view at grunt gallery, Vancouver, 2019
Gabi Dao, a sentimental dissidence, 2019. Multimedia installation, dimensions variable; Coco Means Ghost, 25 min 24 s; i and you, you and i, 6 min 55 s. Installation view at grunt gallery, Vancouver, 2019
Rajni Perera, Flood, 2020. Mixed media on marble paper; 76.2 × 60.9 cm. Courtesy the artist and Patel Brown
Rajni Perera, Flood, 2020. Mixed media on marble paper; 76.2 × 60.9 cm. Courtesy the artist and Patel Brown
![Rémi Belliveau, Jean Dularge, Viens voir l’Acadie, manuscript, 1966 [2019].](https://www.gallery.ca/sites/default/files/styles/ngc_scale_640/public/sobey-2021-shortlist_belliveau.jpg?itok=nprI6S39)
Rémi Belliveau, Jean Dularge, Viens voir l’Acadie, manuscript, 1966 [2019]
Rémi Belliveau, Jean Dularge, Viens voir l’Acadie, manuscript, 1966 [2019]
Lorna Bauer, Untitled (Erickson view #2), 2020. Archival pigment print; 101.6 × 81.2 cm. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Nicolas Robert
Lorna Bauer, Untitled (Erickson view #2), 2020. Archival pigment print; 101.6 × 81.2 cm. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Nicolas Robert
Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory, Nannuppugut!, 2021. Polar bear skin, wooden frame, elasticated rope and projected video. Collection of the artist. © Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory. Photo: NGC
Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory, Nannuppugut!, 2021. Polar bear skin, wooden frame, elasticated rope and projected video. Collection of the artist. © Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory. Photo: NGC
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