Illinois I

2022

Sky Hopinka

Associated Names
Sky Hopinka

Artist, Ho-Chunk Nation/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians, born 1984

This photograph shows a view from the ground looking up at a sky filled with clouds. The clouds vary in density and color, some appearing dark and heavy while others are lighter, allowing sunlight to filter through. The color palette consists of deep blues, whites, grays, and dark shades in the clouds, with sunlight highlighting sections of the image. In the bottom right corner, two dark rectangles are visible with thin horizontal lines between them, perhaps distant buildings, telephone poles, or fence posts. No other indication of a horizon is visible. In the bottom left, there is a small line of text written in white.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    inkjet print with hand-etched text

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund and Avalon Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 101.6 × 101.6 cm (40 × 40 in.)
    framed: 105.41 × 105.41 × 4.76 cm (41 1/2 × 41 1/2 × 1 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.130.2


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sky Hopinka; (Tanya Leighton Gallery, Berlin); NGA purchase, 2024.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

inscribed by artist into print surface along bottom left: There’s no time for death songs, we don’t remember them anymore, anyhow.


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