Tanya Lukin Linklater's Weather as Resistance
Camille Georgeson-Usher discusses Tanya Lukin Linklater's exhibition, "inner blades of grass," at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio. The showcase includes pieces like "Held in the air I never fell (spring lightning sweetgrass song)" from 2022 and "Indigenous geometries," a collaboration from 2019 with Métis architect Tiffany Shaw, alongside the upcoming 2024 work "I am turning toward tides, winds, clouds, rainfall." Georgeson-Usher shares insights about racial profiling and colonial issues, relating them to Linklater’s exploration of the impact of weather on Indigenous communities. This commentary is set to be published in ArtReview's March 2025 edition.
Key facts
- Tanya Lukin Linklater's retrospective at Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio
- Exhibition title: 'inner blades of grass (soft)/inner blades of grass (cured)/inner blades of grass (bruised by the weather)'
- Works include 'Held in the air I never fell (spring lightning sweetgrass song)' (2022), 'Indigenous geometries' (2019) with Tiffany Shaw, and 'I am turning toward tides, winds, clouds, rainfall.' (2024)
- Linklater is Alutiiq/Sugpiaq from southwestern Alaska
- Open rehearsals involved dancers embodying weather and ocean concepts
- Camille Georgeson-Usher is Coast Salish / Sahtu Dene / Scottish scholar, curator and writer from Galiano Island, Canada
- Article published in ArtReview March 2025 issue
- Linklater's doctoral dissertation (2023) explores air and atmosphere
Entities
Artists
- Tanya Lukin Linklater
- Tiffany Shaw
- Camille Georgeson-Usher
- Fred Moten
- Audra Simpson
- Saidiya Hartman
- Kristen Simmons
- Eve Tuck
- K. Wayne Yang
- bell hooks
Institutions
- Wexner Center for the Arts
- University of British Columbia
- ArtReview
- Mohawk council of Kahnawà:ke
Locations
- Vancouver
- Canada
- Columbus
- Ohio
- United States
- Toronto
- Ontario
- Toronto Pearson Airport
- Alaska
- southwestern Alaska
- Galiano Island