NDN Ironworker (Peter)
130.8 cms x 100.3 cms x 17.78 cms (51.5 ins x 39.5 ins x 51.5 ins)
Editioned 1/2
made in 2020
Lot offered for sale by Heffel, Vancouver at the auction event "Vancouver Art Gallery Art Auction 2021 - Spring Forward" held on Tue, Jun 15, 2021.
Lot h009
Lot h009
Estimate: CAD $20,000 - $30,000
Realised: CAD $28,125
Realised: CAD $28,125
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Donated by the Artist
Notes:
Dana Claxton is a critically acclaimed artist who works in film, video, photography, single and multi-channel video installation and performance art. Her work has been shown internationally at such institutions as the Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Walker Art Centre and the Sundance Film Festival. Her work is held in Canadian public and private collections, including the Vancouver Art Gallery, the National Gallery of Canada, the Winnipeg Art Gallery and the Audain Museum. She has received numerous awards including the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts (2020), the Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation’s VIVA Award (2001), the Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship, The Ramon John Hnatyshyn (RJH) Award and the YWCA Women of Distinction Award. She is Head and an Associate Professor in the Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory with the University of British Columbia. Her family reserve is Wood Mountain Lakota First Nations located in Southwest Saskatchewan and she resides in Vancouver.
This work stems from Claxton’s series NDN Ironworkers (2018), that features photographic portraits of Indigenous workers who assemble steel reinforcing bar for the construction of office and residential towers in Vancouver. While celebrating their skilled but often unrecognized labour, these works also speak to her interest in what she describes as “the working body as a means to live, be creative, work against the clock, work for the clock, work in spite of the clock—the labour/ed body swings, carries, cuts, types, rolls and folds.”
Accompanying this lot is a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist and dated May 26, 2021.
Please note: Consignor Hammer Price proceeds of this lot will benefit the Vancouver Art Gallery.
The Buyer is hereby advised to read fully the Terms and Conditions of Business and Catalogue Terms, including the Vancouver Art Gallery Art Auction 2021 | Spring Forward HO2 Sale Notice and Special Terms of Sale, and any Addendum or Erratum specific to the Vancouver Art Gallery Art Auction 2021 | Spring Forward HO2 auction.
Donated by the Artist
Notes:
Dana Claxton is a critically acclaimed artist who works in film, video, photography, single and multi-channel video installation and performance art. Her work has been shown internationally at such institutions as the Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Walker Art Centre and the Sundance Film Festival. Her work is held in Canadian public and private collections, including the Vancouver Art Gallery, the National Gallery of Canada, the Winnipeg Art Gallery and the Audain Museum. She has received numerous awards including the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts (2020), the Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation’s VIVA Award (2001), the Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship, The Ramon John Hnatyshyn (RJH) Award and the YWCA Women of Distinction Award. She is Head and an Associate Professor in the Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory with the University of British Columbia. Her family reserve is Wood Mountain Lakota First Nations located in Southwest Saskatchewan and she resides in Vancouver.
This work stems from Claxton’s series NDN Ironworkers (2018), that features photographic portraits of Indigenous workers who assemble steel reinforcing bar for the construction of office and residential towers in Vancouver. While celebrating their skilled but often unrecognized labour, these works also speak to her interest in what she describes as “the working body as a means to live, be creative, work against the clock, work for the clock, work in spite of the clock—the labour/ed body swings, carries, cuts, types, rolls and folds.”
Accompanying this lot is a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist and dated May 26, 2021.
Please note: Consignor Hammer Price proceeds of this lot will benefit the Vancouver Art Gallery.
The Buyer is hereby advised to read fully the Terms and Conditions of Business and Catalogue Terms, including the Vancouver Art Gallery Art Auction 2021 | Spring Forward HO2 Sale Notice and Special Terms of Sale, and any Addendum or Erratum specific to the Vancouver Art Gallery Art Auction 2021 | Spring Forward HO2 auction.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Heffel auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Heffel auction house for permission to use.