"Until you have sculpted one hundred heads you will never understand the head."

- Christine Wignall

 

This artistic challenge inspired Christine Wignall to begin sculpting. People she knew growing up in Banff showed up in the clay. 

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Artist Statement

Image: Christine Wignall, Panorama, 2005-2008, Acrylic on clay, Collection of the artist

June 17 – October 21, 2018

100 Heads: Childhood Memories of Banff Personalities

In the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge that we live, work and play on the traditional territories of the Iyârhe Nakoda Nations (Bearspaw, Wesley, Chiniki), the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), the Tsuut’ina – part of the Dene people, Ktunaxa, Secwépemc, Mountain Cree and Métis. Please click here for our full Indigenous Acknowledgement statement. Please click here for "The Land We Are On: A Presentation about Land Acknowledgement Statements and What They Mean."

WHYTE MUSEUM OF THE
CANADIAN ROCKIES

111 Bear Street, Box 160 | Banff, A.B. | whyte.org | 403 762 2291

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