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Initially a painter and filmmaker, Waddell brings questions about the very notion of realism to picture-making. He often references pictorial histories, such as early photography or classical painting, acknowledging that observation is informed by recognition and an unconscious awareness of existing images.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWorking with both analogue and digital tools, Waddell’s highly considered approach involves experimenting continuously with new processes and materials. The subtlety of his photography is amplified by a painterly sensibility that emphasizes qualities of light. Illumination becomes a reference to photographic perception as well as to human vision. Consistent across his work are close affinities between a print’s subject matter and its material qualities. 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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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-6 col-md-push-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"authorBiography\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1959, Dana Claxton is Lakota Hunkpapa Sioux and her family reserve is Wood Mountain Lakota First Nations. Claxton is a critically acclaimed, award-winning artist and filmmaker, working across film, video, photography, single and multi-channel video installation and performance art. 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