Video

Buffalo Bone China

Dana Claxton

1997, 12:00 minutes, Colour, English

TAPECODE 485.03

An experimental video metaphorically recalls First Nations peoples' loss of the buffalo and the historical use of buffalo bone to make fine china.
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Critical Writing

Dana Claxton: Fringing the Cube
by Grant Arnold. Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery, 2018.
"arrives asking, demanding something of us"
by Janice Hladki. Fierce: Women's Hot Blooded Film/Video, Mar. 2010. Hamilton: McMaster Museum of Art, 2010.
The Ongoing Powers of Dana Claxton
by Jeremy Todd. Fierce: Women's Hot Blooded Film/Video, Mar. 2010. Hamilton: McMaster Museum of Art, 2010.
Ardent Spaces, Formidable Environments
by Patricia R. Zimmerman. Fierce: Women's Hot Blooded Film/Video, Mar. 2010. Hamilton: McMaster Museum of Art, 2010.
Dana Claxton and the Graceful Art of Rage
by Dayna McLeod. No More Potlucks, Nov. 2010, no. 12.
Magnetic North
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