Tree of Consumption: A Performance in the Round, photo print 1
Dana Claxton
September 18, 1992
Creative Access Description
Black and white portrait oriented image of a Lakota woman standing at and speaking into a corded microphone which is suspended from above by a boom. She leans slightly forward, her eyes closed and both hands at her waist holding a piece of paper open toward the camera. Her straight black hair is tied back tightly and her face is painted from her cheekbones up. She wears a gown with a low scooping neckline, flared long sleeves, and wide skirt bunched in a number of pleats. The upper front of the gown is adorned with a woven piece made from cedar or another organic fibre. Several long and twisty vines are attached to the weaving, looping around the woman's shoulders and spiralling outward from her body. The woman is spotlit from above, her figure filling the right side of the image while the left side is completely shadowed. Portions of the woman's shadow are projected on the white gallery wall behind her. The white mat of the photo paper makes a thick border on all sides of the image.Description
Documentation of Tree of Consumption: A Performance in the Round. Dana Claxton is pictured onstage performing.Identifier
1992.0918 TRE I001Extent
1 photo printPhotographer
Merle AddisonSubject
Dana ClaxtonArtist
Dana ClaxtonRelated programs
Still: First Nations Performance (Related)Tree of Consumption: A Performance in the Round (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