Through the combination of collection objects and his own work, artist Jeffrey Gibson’s When Fire Is
Through the combination of collection objects and his own work, artist Jeffrey Gibson’s When Fire Is Applied to a Stone It Cracks encourages visitors to rethink long-held preconceptions about “Native American art” and notions of monolithic cultural identity. For centuries, museums and other educational and cultural institutions have collected art and recounted the stories of communities and cultures without their direct input. In a decisive break with this practice, the Brooklyn Museum invited Gibson to tell his own story as an artist of Native American descent, through his work and investigation of the museum’s holdings as well as his commentaries and those co-authored with historian Dr. Christian Ayne Crouch. Visually striking and intellectually provocative, When Fire Is Applied to a Stone It Cracks is an original and innovative project: inviting a more expansive narrative that includes and integrates the histories of Indigenous people and challenging visitors to reconsider their assumptions of what Native American art can be.Now in it’s final weekend, see this perspective-shifting exhibition before it closes this Sunday, January 10.Installation details and views: Jeffrey Gibson: When Fire Is Applied to a Stone It Cracks, Brooklyn Museum, February 14, 2020 - January 10, 2021 #JeffreyGibsonBKM -- source link
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