Dana Claxton: Fringing the Cube
October 27, 2018 - February 3, 2019
Dana Claxton
Cultural Belongings, 2016
LED Firebox with transmounted chromogenic transparency
Collection of Rosalind and Amir Adnani
This is the first exhibition to survey the formidable career of Vancouver-based Hunkpapa Lakota (Sioux) artist Dana Claxton. Known for her expansive multidisciplinary approach to art making, Claxton investigates notions of Indigenous identity, beauty, gender and the body. Comprising photography, video, text-based work and documentation of her performances, Dana Claxton: Fringing the Cube presents a body of work that is both visually compelling and thought provoking.
Organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery and curated by Grant Arnold, Audain Curator of British Columbia Art
Miles, Maureen and Larry Lunn
Cathy Zuo
Terrence and Lisa Turner Bruce Munro Wright
Publication
Dana Claxton: Fringing the Cube
Co-published by the Vancouver Art Gallery and Figure 1, 2018
Hardcover, 160 pages
Texts by Grant Arnold, Monika Kin Gagnon and Olivia Michiko Gagnon, David Garneau, Layli Longsoldier, and Jaleh Mansoor
Visionary Partner for Scholarship and Publications:
The Richardson Family
Support also provided by:
The Jack and Doris Shadbolt Endowment for Research and Publications