O! Being here right now, not thinking of yesterday or the day before. But a long time ago last night aunty mentioned today and the rain falling and streaking against the upstairs window as Stacey and I looked down at the birch waiting to be climbed. This isn't the outside, and being here then felt more comfortable, in slicks and hoods, in boots and in our youth.
2020
Artist, Ho-Chunk Nation/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians, born 1984
Artwork overview
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Medium
inkjet print with hand-etched text
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Credit Line
Gift of Funds from Sharon Percy Rockefeller and Senator John Davison Rockefeller IV
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 43 × 43 cm (16 15/16 × 16 15/16 in.)
framed: 47 × 46.6 × 4.7 cm (18 1/2 × 18 3/8 × 1 7/8 in.) -
Accession
2023.99.2
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Sky Hopinka; NGA purchase (through The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI), 2023.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
by artist, around sky in image, etched into print surface: O! Being here right now, not thinking of yesterday or the day before. But a long time ago last night aunty mentioned today and the rain falling and streaking against the upstairs window as Stacey and I looked down at the birch waiting to be climbed. This isn't the outside, and being here then felt more comfortable, in slicks and hoods, in boots and in our youth.