Dark Sky Item Number: 3354/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Large, unframed painting on a rectangular piece of handmade "washi" paper. Painting depicts a craterous landscape of oil barrels with groups of red pipelines and rivers of black snaking through. Bursts of yellow extend from some of the barrels while others have drawings of fish, humanoid faces or other creatures on the lid. The background is a solid black sky. Signed in the bottom right corner.
Narrative
The artist stated that Dark Sky is a rotational work, best mounted so as to be rotated, and thus permit "observers to see the four primary but shifting horizons". The painting was made on a specially manufactured table that allowed the work to be rotated around to any angle/with any side up.
Specific Techniques
Painting in ink and acrylic on Kozo Washi (mulberry paper). The paper was handmade in western Japan and provided to the artist by Ozo Washi.
Item History
- Made by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Maker) in British Columbia, Canada during 2019
- Owned by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas before March 25, 2019
- Received from Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Donor) on March 25, 2019
What
- Name
- Dark Sky
- Identification Number
- 3354/1
- Type of Item
- painting
- Overall
- height 99.0 cm, width 199.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Haida
- Creator
- Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas
- Received from
- Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- during 2019
- Ownership Date
- before March 25, 2019
- Acquisition Date
- on March 25, 2019
Other
- Item Classes
- paintings; works on paper
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 3354/0001