An exhibit of contemporary west coast First Nations art kicked off at The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria on September 20 and runs until the 12th of January. The show features work by Salish artists LessLIE and Dylan Thomas, and Kwakwaka’wakw artists Rande Cook and Francis Dick.

Co-curated by LessLIE and Cook, the exhibit seeks to shed awareness of the urban landscape in which many contemporary First Nations artists inhabit. LessLIE hopes that the exhibit will have an impact on the oftentimes static perception of Aboriginal art and to encourage more critical discourse regarding the social and cultural commentary inherent in much of contemporary Aboriginal art.

Victoria’s Times Colonist ran an interview with the two curators that can be read here, and a few preview images from the exhibit can be seen here.