Image

Duane Slick

Vestige (3AM Light)

Description

Maker

Duane Slick (American (Meskwaki/Ho-Chunk), b. 1961 in Waterloo, Iowa), (RISD Faculty 1995-present, Painting and Printmaking)

Title

Vestige (3AM Light)

Year

2010

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

acrylic paint

Supports

Dimensions

51.1 x 61.9 x 4.4 cm (20 1/8 x 24 3/8 x 1 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Artist's signature on verso: "DUANE SLICK/VESTIGE (3AM LIGHT) Acrylic on linen/2010"

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Joseph A. Chazan, MD

Object Number

2012.55

Type

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Former Glory
Jul 27, 2018 – Jan 20, 2019

Label copy

Here two faint images of white animal masks-bones?-emerge from a black background interspersed with white stars, suggesting the presence of a barely visible flag. This version of the flag is liable to disappear before your eyes. It is a residue, a fading mark. Slick, an enrolled member of the Meskwaki nation of Iowa, asks viewers to consider what happens in the liminal space between night and morning. His work grapples with the spiritual dimensions of Indigenous symbolism.

Locally Made
Jul 12, 2013 – Nov 15, 2013

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Duane Slick (American (Meskwaki/Ho-Chunk), b. 1961 in Waterloo, Iowa)
Vestige (3AM Light), 2010
Acrylic on linen
51.1 x 61.9 x 4.4 cm (20 1/8 x 24 3/8 x 1 3/4 inches)
Gift of Joseph A. Chazan, MD 2012.55

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