Multidisciplinary artist Dana Claxton launches new book at the Polygon, September 5
The Hunkpapa Lakota (Sioux) filmmaker and photographer’s work explores Indigenous culture, identity, history, and beauty
Dana Claxton, Lasso, 2018, LED firebox with transmounted chromogenic transparency. Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Audain BC Art Acquisition Fund
Dana Claxton book launch and signing takes place at the Polygon Gallery on September 5 from 3 to 5 pm.
HUNKPAPA LAKOTA (SIOUX) multidisciplinary artist Dana Claxton has a new book coming out, and she’ll be at the Polygon Gallery for the launch and to sign copies on September 5.
Published by Steidl in conjunction with the Scotiabank Photography Award—which Claxton won in 2020—the book illustrates dominant and recurring themes in her art, including Indigenous culture, history, identity, beauty, and spirituality.
Head of the department of art history, visual art and theory at UBC, where she is also a professor, Claxton works in film, video, photography, single- and multi-channel video installation, and performance art. Her work has been shown at the Museum of Modern Art, Walker Art Centre, Sundance Film Festival, Eiteljorg Museum, and the Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney), among other places, and is held in public collections including those of the Vancouver Art Gallery, National Gallery of Canada, Art Bank of Canada, and Winnipeg Art Gallery.
Claxton was born in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, and her family reserve is Lakota First Nations – Wood Mountain. Her art explores stereotypes and representations of Indigenous peoples in popular culture; colonialist appropriation and commodification; and the resurgence of First Nations’ presence and contemporary identity.
The book launch happens on the last day of the Polygon’s Interior Infinite exhibition.
For more information, the Polygon.
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