Edward Shalala at Saint Peter's Church. (New York, New York)(Review of Exhibitions)

Art in America | February 1, 1994| | Copyright

Edward Shalala's use of fire in his work goes back to 1988, when he first experienced an Ojibwa Indian ceremony called a "sweat lodge." The purpose of the ceremony is to help people through problems in their lives by way of a very intense experience of fire and heat combined with words. The heat is provided by boulders of granite prepared in a fire. At his first sweat-lodge meeting, Shalala left the ceremony somewhere in the middle because the heat was so intense. When he saw the red-hot boulders, Shalala was reminded of what he learned when, at the age of eight, he was taken ...

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