Duane Linklater's 2017 Exhibition at 80WSE Gallery Explores Indigenous Materialism and Institutional Critique
Duane Linklater, an artist from Northern Ontario with Omaskêko Cree roots, presented his solo show, From Our Hands, at New York’s 80WSE Gallery, which ran from December 8, 2016, until February 18, 2017. This exhibition featured collaborative works with his late grandmother, Ethel Linklater, and his son, Tobias Linklater, showcasing beadwork and an animated video. One notable piece included red-painted steel studs that prompted the question "What then Remainz," referencing the Dollar General Corporation v. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Supreme Court case from 2016. Additionally, the exhibit included Speculative apparatus for the work of nohkompan, offering a fresh take on Ethel's art. Linklater's 2012 film Modest Livelihood critiques settler laws, and the show garnered attention from reviewers like Elizabeth Buhe and was covered by Merray Gerges.
Key facts
- Duane Linklater's exhibition From Our Hands ran at 80WSE Gallery in New York from December 8, 2016 to February 18, 2017
- The show included works by Linklater's grandmother Ethel Linklater and his son Tobias Linklater
- Linklater removed drywall to install red steel studs with the text "What then Remainz", referencing a 2016 Supreme Court case
- Steel in the work nods to Mohawk workers who build New York City's skyline
- The exhibition previously appeared at Mercer Union in Toronto from September 9 to November 6, 2016
- Linklater's film Modest Livelihood (2012) was made with artist Brian Jungen
- Art historian Jessica L. Horton's 2017 monograph discusses Linklater alongside AIM-generation artists
- The article was published on ARTMargins Online on July 15, 2018 by Eugenia Kisin
Entities
Artists
- Duane Linklater
- Ethel Linklater
- Tobias Linklater
- Brian Jungen
- James Luna
- Robert Houle
- Kay WalkingStick
- Jimmie Durham
- Joseph Beuys
- Dana Claxton
- Pablo Tac
- Tania Willard
- Peter Morin
- Richard William Hill
- Julia Bryan-Wilson
- John L. Jackson Jr.
- Lionel Trilling
- Sara Ahmed
- Traci Brynn Voyles
- Michelle Murphy
- Zoe Todd
- Lucas Bessire
- David Bond
- Elizabeth Povinelli
- Chris Thompson
- Audra Simpson
- America Meredith
- Paul Chaat Smith
- John G. Hampton
- Jordan Wilson
- Frances Loeffler
- Harry Burke
- Reese Muntean
- Merray Gerges
- Elizabeth Buhe
- Ben Lozo
Institutions
- 80WSE Gallery
- Mercer Union
- Thunder Bay Art Gallery
- Ontario Craft Council
- U'Mista Cultural Centre
- Vera List Center for Art and Politics
- Walker Art Center
- Audain Art Gallery
- Justina M. Barnicke Gallery
- BUSH Gallery
- Duke University Press
- University of Chicago Press
- Harvard University Press
- University of Minnesota Press
- Open Humanities Press
- ARTMargins Online
- Canadian Art
- Art in America
- Frieze
- Hyperallergic
- Indian Country Today
- C Magazine
- artnet
- October
- American Ethnologist
- Environmental History
- Cultural Anthropology
- Electronic Visualization and the Arts
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Congress
- Dollar General Corporation
- American Indian Movement (AIM)
- Wood Land School
- Dakota Access Pipeline
- Oceti Sakowin Camp
- Standing Rock Reservation
- Meskwaki
- Sioux
- Coast Salish
- Mohawk
- Omaskêko Cree
- Dane-Zaa
- Cherokee
- Choctaw
- Luiseño
Locations
- New York
- United States
- Toronto
- Canada
- Northern Ontario
- Thunder Bay
- Ontario
- British Columbia
- Vancouver
- Alert Bay
- Mississippi
- Dakotas
- Illinois
- Standing Rock Reservation
- South Dakota
- Wounded Knee
- Rome
- Vatican City
- London
- Chicago
- Durham
- Cambridge
- Minneapolis