1959 -
Canadian Indigenous
Baby Boyz Gotta Indian Pony
lightjet print
on verso titled "Baby Boyz Gotta Indian Horse", editioned 2/4 and dated 2008 on a label
48 x 60 in, 121.9 x 152.4 cm
Available for post auction sale. CAD
PRICE: $28,125
Preview at: Heffel Vancouver
PROVENANCE
Collection of the Artist
Western Front Charity Auction, Vancouver
Acquired from the above by the present Private Collection, Vancouver, 2009
LITERATURE
Lynne Bell, “From a Whisper to a Scream: Dana Claxton teaches art and a revised version of North American history,” Canadian Art, 2010
Kathleen Ritter et al, Beat Nation: Art, Hip Hop and Aboriginal Culture, Vancouver Art Gallery, 2012
Meagan Sugrue, “Humour in Contemporary Indigenous Photography: Re-focusing the Colonial Gaze,” The Arbutus Review, 2012
Dana Claxton: Fringing the Cube, Vancouver Art Gallery, Figure 1 Publishing Inc, 2018
Cynthia McCreary, “Dana Claxton: Fringing the Cube,” Big City Art, 2018
Skeena Reece, “C’est de l’amour ou une photographie – tout dépend du point de vue (It’s love or a photograph – it all depends on the point of view),” Ciel Variable, Montreal, 2022, pages 12 – 23
EXHIBITED
Alternator Gallery for Contemporary Art, Kelowna, The Mustang Suite, 2008, same image
Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Face the Nation, 2008, same image
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Steeling the Gaze: Portraits by Aboriginal Artists, October 31, 2008 - March 22, 2009, same image
Winsor Gallery, Vancouver, New Work and Then Some…, 2010, same image
Vancouver Art Gallery, Beat Nation: Art, Hip Hop, and Aboriginal Culture, 2011, travelling in 2013 – 2014 to Power Plant, Toronto; and Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal, same image
Kamloops Art Gallery, Western, 2013, same image
Vancouver Art Gallery, Fringing the Cube, 2018, same image
Edition of 4 + 2 APs
This work is in several notable collections including the National Gallery of Canada, Kamloops Art Gallery and Dalhousie University Gallery.
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