Merging Lakota traditions with so-called Western influences, while using a powerful “mix, meld and mash” approach, Claxton addresses the oppressive legacies of colonialism by critiquing representations of Indigenous people that circulate in art, literature and popular culture.

Dana Claxton: Fringing the Cube opens to the public on Oct. 27, 2018 and will be on view until Feb. 3, 2019 at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Photographer Denis Bouvier