May 2011
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Sonny Assu - Laich-kwil-tach (Kwakwaka'wakw)
Phone Interview by Crystal Baxley
Spring 2011
I had the opportunity to interview Sonny Assu, a Vancouver-based artist of Laich-kwil-tach (Kwakwaka’wakw) heritage. I was immediately attracted to the balance of criticality and humor that I saw in Sonny’s work, especially the Breakfast Series and 1884/1951. In other works I identified traditional Northwest Coast formline influences mixed with...
