Fringe
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Thu, 02/20/2020 - 13:16
Power: While echoing the sexualized odalisques of Orientalizing Western art in the 19th century, “Fringe” by Rebecca Belmore (Anishinaabe) evokes traditional dress while the scars cut into the woman’s bare back force the viewer to confront the lingering impacts of colonial acts of violence against Native women as both a historical fact and a present-day reality.
Rebecca Belmore (Anishinaabe), “Fringe,” 2007, transparency in light box (one of three), 32.75" x 96.24" x 6.5"; Minneapolis Institute of Art, Gift of funds from Donna and Cargill MacMillan Jr., 2010.56. ©Rebecca Belmore Photo courtesy of Rebecca Belmore