La Rábida Soul of Conquest: An Anishinaabe Encounter

April 22 - June 18, 2022

Reception May 13, 2022 at 7-9 PM

Special Live Choral Performance at 8 PM

The development of La Rábida, Soul of Conquest: An Anishinaabe Encounter began as a re-examination of the legacy of Columbus from an Indigenous perspective and became a broader investigation into the religious justification for the seizure of land and the subjugation of Indigenous populations in the Americas. Devine gathered primary source material from Europe and the Americas, seeking Indigenous and non-Indigenous documents on the cultural confrontation following the Columbus landing. The artist references these documents through painting, drawing, video, sculpture and an original commissioned choral work by David DeLeary.