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Dana Claxton is a critically acclaimed, award-winning artist and filmmaker working across film, video, photography, single and multichannel video installation, and performance art. Her practice investigates the body, the socio-political, and the spiritual within realms of Indigenous beauty.
This book consolidates our understanding of Dana Claxton’s dominant and recurring themes—Indigenous history, culture, beauty, and spirituality. While Claxton’s art often alludes to the destructive legacy of colonialism, it also celebrates the resurgence of First Nations’ presence and contemporary identity. What emerges is an artist delivering works of ever greater power and conviction. With her expansive and genre-defying practice—photography, videos, mixed-media installations, text works, performances, and curatorial work—she continues to critically reimagine the space of the gallery to be accessible for wider Indigenous audiences and to uphold new understandings of beauty.
Written by Dana Claxton, introduction by Leila Timmins, with text by Amy Kazymerchyk. Published by Steidl in 2021. Hardcover, measures 12.2 x 10 x 1 inches, 214 pages. ISBN 9783958298828
