Age of Iron, photo print 2
Marie Clements
September 11, 1992
Creative Access Description
Black and white portrait landscape image of a Métis woman standing with her right arm fully outstretched and all five fingers extended. She wears a black t shirt under a leather jacket with long fringe hanging from the chest open at the front and with the sleeves rolled up to her elbow. She also wears a bandana rolled and tied as a headband holding her long black hair back from her face. Her expression, illuminated by the stage lighting, is one of contemplation and longing, her gaze and outstretched arm seeming to reach for something in a dramatic moment. To her left a figure stands behind her, a Snaw-Naw-As man wearing a light coloured t shirt and a white mask that obscures all of his face save his mouth and chin, with two slits for his eyes. The mask is sculpted to his face, and made from paper mache, plaster or a similarly textured material. The man appears to look toward the same point as the woman. In the background are the white walls of the gallery and the shadows of the stage's edge.The photo is cropped closely to include both performers from the chest up, as a result the printed image has a wide border on all sides. At the bottom edge of the mat 'MARIE HUMBER "AGE OF IRON" SEPT 14 1992.' is handwritten in a single line.
Description
Documentation of Age of Iron. Marie Clements and Sam Bob are pictured onstage performing.Identifier
1992.0914 AGE I002Extent
1 photo printPhotographer
Merle AddisonArtist
Marie ClementsPerformer
Sam BobRelated Object
Age of Iron, negative 35A (Related)Related programs
Still: First Nations Performance (Related)Age of Iron - A Loss of Way (Related)
Exhibition History
Merle Addison. (1999). Still: First Nations Performance. Exhibited at grunt gallery October 5 – 23, 1999.In copyright. For uses beyond Fair Dealing, research requests, corrections, takedown requests, or other inquiries, please contact grunt gallery: archives@grunt.ca