Tanya Lukin-Linklater (Sugplaq, b.1976 - lives in North Bay Ontario) --- --- I am turning towards the tides, winds, clouds, rainfall. 2024
This work features an orange tarp draped in a cloud or mound-like formation adorned with abalone shells, a precious material that has long been traded by Indigenous people and used in ceremony and regalia. The work is an indirect response shaped by the artist's encounter with descriptions of shell mounds in California and the histories linked to the Russian fur trade that enslaved her Peoples. The tarp recalls those used as temporary shelter and protection from weather.
Tanya Lukin-Linklater (Sugplaq, b.1976 - lives in North Bay Ontario) --- --- I am turning towards the tides, winds, clouds, rainfall. 2024
This work features an orange tarp draped in a cloud or mound-like formation adorned with abalone shells, a precious material that has long been traded by Indigenous people and used in ceremony and regalia. The work is an indirect response shaped by the artist's encounter with descriptions of shell mounds in California and the histories linked to the Russian fur trade that enslaved her Peoples. The tarp recalls those used as temporary shelter and protection from weather.