{"title":"Art Gallery of Hamilton","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"shelley-niro","title":"Shelley Niro","description":"\u003cp\u003eShelley Niro is widely known for her ability to explore Traditional Stories, transgress boundaries, and embody the ethos of her matriarchal culture. A member of the Kanyen’kehaka (Mohawk) Nation, she uses a wide variety of media, including photography, installation, film, and painting to bring greater visibility to Indigenous women and girls. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePushing the limits of photography, Niro incorporates imagery from Traditional Stories to focus on contemporary subjects with wit, irony, and parody. 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Penney, as well as texts from seven guest artists, scholars, and curators. \u003ci\u003eShelley Niro: 500 Year Itch\u003c\/i\u003e accompanies an international touring exhibition organized by the Art Gallery of Hamilton and the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian with the collaboration of the National Gallery of Canada. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor\u003c\/h3\u003eMelissa Bennett is Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at the Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario. Her recent curatorial work includes the internationally touring retrospective \u003ci\u003eShelley Niro: 500 Year Itch\u003c\/i\u003e. She has written or edited more than fifteen exhibition catalogues and has received multiple awards from Galeries Ontario\/Ontario Galleries (GOG). 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Born in Jamaica and raised in Hamilton, Ontario, Turner has developed a formidable body of work in performance, installation, photography, video, and sculpture. Her practice powerfully addresses racial and social politics, offering a critical analysis of the enduring systems of injustice, confronting histories marked by erasure, deliberate burying, and systemic silencing while actively forging a hopeful path forward. Turner’s art creates spaces of contemplation and imaginative possibility, inviting reflection on what might emerge — for herself, for her father and family, and for generations still to come. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis handsome volume contains over 70 images of Turner’s work and essays by artists, curators, and scholars. 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