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Nicholas Galanin

<p>Nicholas Galanin engages with the complexities of Indigenous identity, culture, and representation. The installation The Value of Sharpness: When It Falls is comprised of an arc of 60 porcelain hatchets suspended mid-air, covered in Dutch Delftware faience.  Galanin says of the hatchets: ‘They speak to the restriction of Indigenous sovereignty through colonial/ settler violence and legislation; tolerant of only fragile and decorative representations of Indigenous people. The blade of each hatchet is edged with gold luster, supposedly  another decorative motif. However, this is also a reminder of the value in sharpness, the capacity to create and destroy … to shatter as decorative representations.’ Delftware patterns date back to 17th century when Holland flooded the ceramic market with a Dutch appropriation of Chinese pottery popular at the time; Galanin’s use of material and form layers interwoven histories of desire, theft, violence, and erasure.</p><p> </p><p>Nicholas Galanin (b. 1979 Sitka, Alaska) works at the intersection of conceptual and material practice, rooted in his Tlingit/Unangax culture. Utilizing diverse media, he claims agency to create works that celebrate cultural continuum, contradict colonialism, and fight cultural erasure.</p>

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Peter Blum Gallery

Meridians

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