Los Caminos: Saturday, 20 August 2011

Nanette Boileau: Sea of Hot Pink Buffalo

Opening Reception: Saturday, August 20th, 7–10 pm
August 20th – 28th, 2011

Los Caminos is pleased to present Sea of Hot Pink Buffalo, a video-installation by artist Nanette Boileau. Combining her scholarly background in American Studies with her new media art practice, Boileau creates an immersive environment with text and moving images, capturing the scale and grandeur of the American Bison.

Inspired by Boileau’s encounter with a female buffalo in Custer State Park, South Dakota, Sea of Hot Pink Buffalo explores the disparity between the strength of buffalos and that of the humans who now control their existence. In 2010, Boileau witnessed as a female buffalo was taken away from her herd and tagged for hunting, as she was no longer able to reproduce. Building upon the Sioux legend of the White Buffalo Woman, Boileau perceives the female buffalo as a symbol of feminine force, authority and presence, a point that she heightens through casting components of the installation in hot pink. Throughout Sea of Hot Pink Buffalo, Boileau weaves together personal narratives and Native American legends with her multi-media practice to capture the scale and grandeur of the American Bison.

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