Wind River Reservation was not a Kiowa reservation, rather that of the Shoshone and Cheyenne. As a result, Greeves spent her time surrounded by the work of other tribes and learned a verity of cosmologies and cultures in addition to her Kiowa heritage. She grew up in her mother’s trading post, crawling around beadwork and other native art. She began learning beadwork at eight with the help of her aunties, Shoshone and Cheyenne women from the reservation. As a result, Greeves works with many different types of beading to create her art. Over the course of her studies, she attended UC Santa Cruz where she received a Bachelors of Arts in American Studies, St. John’s College and Cabrillo College. She now lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with her family, including her sons. Throughout her career as an artist, she has won numerous awards and honors, including at the Santa Fe Southwestern Association for Indian Arts’ show. In addition to creating beadwork, Greeves contributes to first American Art Magazine…
Charles Bird King and George Catlin traveled west into Native American lands to paint portraits of the indigenous people. Artist during this time were fascinated with Native Americans and their different style of culture. The portraits of Native American chiefs by these two artist share similarities and differences in composition and subject matter. These paintings share a similar subject matter with both of the men being chiefs of their tribe. The artists chose the chief because they are the figurehead of the Native American tribe and lifestyle. The chiefs are both dressed in Native garb and are carry weapons as a show of their strength. These paintings contrasted in their composition by having different mediums and perspectives. “A…
The structure of Eden Robinson’s “Queen of the North” demonstrates how abuse complicates the relationship between past and present. In the story, the portrayal of time as non-linear mimics the portrayal of trauma as inescapable, as traumatic incidences from the past can affect aspects of the present. In “Queen of the North”, Robinson uses a non-linear style of writing to articulate how abuse affects every aspect of an individual’s life and how the resulting trauma has a lasting effect on a person’s ability to have a standard childhood, have romantic and non-romantic relationships, and form rational decisions.…
This work appears to be neither purely indigenous American nor European but instead a combination of the two, most likely an indigenous American artist with European influence or training (a combination common with most art in viceregal era latin America). This combination can be seen primarily in the main aspects of the work: the materials and technique, the composition and scale, and lastly, the subject and iconography of the work.…
At the Montclair Art Museum, located in the Rand Gallery of Native American Art, there is a tall statue made of Bronze and Jetulong wood, standing tall behind a glass case, called Pueblo Maiden. The figure is long and lean, and towers over many of the other artifacts in the gallery. The bronze color of the figure is constant throughout the sculpture. The head is small and round. The hairstyle is short and square shaped. It is similar to a women’s “bob” hairstyle with bangs that covers the figures forehead and ears. The surface of sculpture is smooth. The face features two indentations which look like closed eyes and a rectangle shape for the nose but there is no indentation for a mouth. The head of the figure rests on a narrow shaped neck.…
While touring the Eiteljorg Museum I noticed several themes in which the art by non-native people related to that of the natives. One such theme that I would like to focus on, is the view of marriage and degradation of native women as viewed by both natives and non-natives. Three pieces in particular that I want to focus on are Bartering for a Bride (The Trapper’s Bride) 1845 by Alfred Jacob Miller, Dress 1890 by an unnamed Crow artist, and Retracing the Trace 2011-2015 by Luzene Hill.…
Mayas and Aztecs were polytheistic and believed in sacrifices. The Timuquans and Natchez worshiped the sun. All the tribes got married to the person the family picked for them.…
Public art conquers so much more than the simple task of making the street a little easier to look at. It involves those who created it, those who supplied the means to create it, and those whose lives it continues to impact. Wall paintings in particular take an important role in working for a greater good. Judith F. Baca, a Hispanic-American woman and artist- activist has contributed an unaccountable amount to the mural movement in Los Angeles. She has accomplished this by giving individuals the chance to create art and develop a sense of pride, she has taught younger generations a respect for their ethnic identity, and from the many walks of life that continue to view her work in everyday places she has encouraged social change.…
Nonetheless, the admiration for the prehistory art comes from the culture one is brought up in. Being Hispanic Aztec, and tribal designs such as the indigenous art comes from culture. It is a way of being connected, and admiring the roots of the ancestry forming an expression expression as a cultural identity. Another, form is Islamic art with the geometric designs, and elaborate flowers as well as plants. It is based on the movement, and the captivation of ones attention (Detrick, “Art History”). This is also is an explanation for the attraction towards radical art, which is a balanced on a radius. The movement of the pattern excites the imagination, and it is sometimes based on a whoosh that is with swift upwards or downward movement. The ones that are preferred the most is with the two-thirds full one-third empty idea, and this explains the reason for the gravitational pull towards the art with this concept (Detrick, “Tree, Pretty: But is it Art?”). With this concept it comes with the idea of decoration when deciding on the amount of the embellishment to determine on where to focus the eye…
In the novel Queen of the Night by J. A. Jance presents a fascinately mystery story. It starts with the Queen of the Night flower blossoming in the Arizona every summer. It's a sacred event commemorated throughout the Tohono O'odham Nation. However this summer the couple Jack and Abby Tennant had a shocking surprise that interrupted their special viewing of the Queen of the Night flower. The surprise had been Abbey’s son, which would have been a welcoming accounts if the night hadn’t ended with the Tennant’s and another couple’s death, due to Abbey’s son Jonathan. Although Jonathan forgot to check the car of the other couple he killed living Delphina’s daughter, Angie alone without a family. Brian Fellows works on this case trying to discover…
Standing at around four feet eight inches, the sculpture of Menkaure and His Queen is estimated to have been created between 2548 to 2530 BC. The figures depicted in the sculpture are Pharaoh Menkaure and, who is thought to be Queen Khamerernebty II. The sculpture was carved out of slate and has also been known as Menkaure and Khamerernebty. The artist of the sculpture is unknown. Menkaure and His Queen shows the two-people standing side by side and the queen has an arm wrapped around the pharaoh. This piece gives a look at Egyptian culture during this time and preserves the image of Pharaoh Menkaure and Queen Khamerernebty.…
One of the problems that many societies face is the commercialization of their art work and sacred ceremonies and that's exactly what is happening to the Navajo people or Dine as they call themselves. This conflict has arisen because certain artists have been using the visual imagery of traditional Navajo sand paintings and the magery taken from them as subject matter that is being woven into rugs and artwork that is being sold for profit. This has resulted in a heated debate that has literally split the Navajo people into two separate groups, those that don't mind the use of sand painting imagery and those that feel that it is wrong to use the symbols and forms of a sacred ritual for common artwork. This has sparked such a storm of controversy because the sand paintings are a Navajo art that is used in healing ceremonies and the images created by the tribes medicine men that comprise these sand paintings help to channel powerful forces used for healing and continued health. That's why this has proven to be a divisive subject that continues to pit tribesmen against tribesmen and doesn't look like it will be resolved to anyone's satisfaction in the near future.…
Inuit art has dated back more than 4,000 years ago and still holds its impact on the art world of today. The Inuit people mainly live in the Artic regions in northern California and many still live there still. Inuit art began from the basic necessity of life as they created harpoon heads and other items for their survival. The history of their art can be broken into three different phases: the prehistoric period, the historic period, and the contemporary period. Stone carving was and still is an enormous part of their art history and storytelling of the Inuit…
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The Our Live exhibit represents contemporary life and identities of American Indians. According to the website of National Museum of the American Indian, “The main section of Our Lives centers on various layers of identity. For Native people, identity--who you are, how you dress, what you think, where you fit in, and how you see yourself in the world--has been shaped by language, place, community membership, social and political consciousness, and customs and beliefs. But Native identity has also been influenced by a legacy of legal policies that have sought to determine who is Indian and who is not. The issue of Native identity continues to resonate today, as Native people across the Americas seek to claim the future on their own terms.” In other words, a significant number of Native Americans attempt to remain their identities; their languages, tradition, culture and custom although the English language, new culture and modern life style of modern Americans influence over their lives. As a result, all of the items that are shown in this exhibit express the view of American Indians about protecting or continuing…