Nanabush: The Trickster Bottoms Out, photo print 1

Allen Deleary
September 17, 1992

object image

Creative Access Description

Black and white portrait oriented image of a Ojibwe man seated in a reclined position with his right knee laying flat on the floor and his left knee up. His right arm is streched out behind to support him, while his left arm is extended forward, his hand flat on the floor with fingers out streched in front of his left shin. The man wears no clothing save a pair of black briefs, moccasins, and part of a coyote pelt on his head, the animal's head covering his face as a mask. The right side of his body is partially obscured in shadow and painted a dark colour, with a sharp vertical line bisecting his chest. Behind him on the floor is a small wooden tray with a few beer cans arranged behind it in front of the white gallery wall. The white mat of the photo paper makes a thick border on all sides of the image. At the bottom edge of the mat the text 'Sept 17 1992 Thom E. Hawke Nanabush solo perf.' is handwritten in black ink.

Description

Documentation of Nanabush: The Trickster Bottoms Out. Thom E. Hawke is pictured onstage performing. 

Identifier

1992.0917 NAN I001

Extent

1 photo print

Photographer

Merle Addison

Subject

Allen Deleary

Artist

Allen Deleary

Related Object

 Nanabush: The Trickster Bottoms Out, negative 14 (Related)

Related programs

Still: First Nations Performance (Related)
Nanabush: The Trickster Bottoms Out (Related)

Exhibition History

Merle Addison. (1999). Still: First Nations Performance. Exhibited at grunt gallery October 5 – 23, 1999.
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