Paint Up #1

Artist/Creator: Dana Claxton (Artist)
Date: 2010
ID #: BG3980

Physical Description

Medium: lightjet print
Support: paper
Dimensions: 182.9 cm 182.9 cm (Object)
Object Description: Dana Claxton’s large photograph Paint Up #1 depicts the painted face of a Coast Salish ceremonial dancer in extreme close-up. If the work asks us on one level to consider the history of portraiture – both painted and photographic – this consideration is shaped by the fact that the painted surface, in this instance, is a human face, and that the paint itself has specific cultural, social and ceremonial functions. According to the artist, the work “is about a spiritual relationship to the paint,” which she describes as being both “ceremonial” and “from the natural world.”

History

Collection: Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery Permanent Collection
Credit Line: Purchased with support from the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance program and the Morris and Helen Belkin Foundation, 2011
Related Exhibitions: –

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