Sonny Assu
September 11, 2021 - October 9, 2021
Equinox Gallery is delighted to present Omnibus, an exhibition of new works by Sonny Assu. In this exhibition, Assu is continuing to explore the way that language and myths can straddle multiple cultures and times by bringing together comics from his childhood and Assu’s classic pop culture sensibility with a Kwakwaka’wakw twist. The comics are all chosen for specific reasons — you can often find Indigenous references, for example Batman goes to Alaska and meets a Shaman, or a story focused on Warpath, an Apache Native American character and X-Men member. Assu has painted over the grid of comic books using bright colours and highlighting Indigenous ovoid and formline elements traditional to his culture. Assu’s conceptual influence for this body of work includes the work of Tim Rollins + K.O.S., Andy Warhol, and traditional Kwakwaka’wakw artists.
For a list of available works, please contact the gallery at (604) 736-2405 or info@equinoxgallery.com.

Installation View

Sonny Assu: Omnibus
September 11 - October 9, 2021

  • Rachel Topham Photography

Installation View

Sonny Assu: Omnibus
September 11 - October 9, 2021

  • Rachel Topham Photography

Installation View

Sonny Assu: Omnibus
September 11 - October 9, 2021

  • Rachel Topham Photography

Installation View

Sonny Assu: Omnibus
September 11 - October 9, 2021

  • Rachel Topham Photography

Installation View

Sonny Assu: Omnibus
September 11 - October 9, 2021

  • Rachel Topham Photography

Installation View

Sonny Assu: Omnibus
September 11 - October 9, 2021

  • Rachel Topham Photography

Installation View

Sonny Assu: Omnibus
September 11 - October 9, 2021

  • Rachel Topham Photography

Installation View

Sonny Assu: Omnibus
September 11 - October 9, 2021

  • Rachel Topham Photography
Sonny Assu

Kyler John Cliffe

2021

Acrylic paint, acrylic ink, acrylic medium, Marvel comic book pages on panel

  • 24" x 30"
  • Photo: Byron Dauncey
Sonny Assu

Eat your heart out, Bruce Willis

2021

Acrylic paint, acrylic ink, acrylic medium, Marvel comic book pages on panel

  • 44" x 68"
  • Photo: Byron Dauncey
Sonny Assu

Mia-moo

2021

Acrylic paint, acrylic ink, acrylic medium, Marvel comic book pages on panel

  • 51" x 33"
  • Photo: Byron Dauncey
Sonny Assu

Oh, yeah, the area’s gettin’ real built up, for sure. Local indians are making a killing.

2021

Acrylic paint, acrylic ink, acrylic medium, Marvel comic book pages on panel

  • 51" x 33"
  • Photo: Byron Dauncey
Sonny Assu

Installation View

2021

  • Photo: Byron Dauncey
Sonny Assu

Sara says it’s done

2021

Acrylic paint, acrylic ink, acrylic medium, Marvel comic book pages on panel

  • 48" x 84"
  • Photo: Byron Dauncey
Sonny Assu

Installation View

2021

  • Photo: Byron Dauncey
Sonny Assu

There will be order and beauty! A new discipline --

2021

Acrylic paint, acrylic ink, acrylic medium, Marvel comic book pages on panel

  • 51" x 33"
  • Photo: Byron Dauncey

Featured Artists

Sonny Assu

Sonny Assu

Sonny Assu (Ligwilda’xw of the Kwakwaka’wakw Nations) has been recognized for his mashups of Indigenous iconography and popular culture. Through a variety of mediums including sculpture, painting, prints, large-scale installations and interventions Assu’s work maintains a profound connection to past traditions while speaking to pertinent issues of our time.
Assu’s work is included in numerous major public collections, including the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), Museum of Anthropology (Vancouver), and the Vancouver Art Gallery.

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