“Global Indigenous art is always evolving and innovating. I have looked to these histories
“Global Indigenous art is always evolving and innovating. I have looked to these histories for inspiration and to learn technique, and in the process have been awestruck at the innovation in both technique and material usage. The experience has given me a lot of freedom to break away from other’s perceptions of what is considered to be traditional and/or Indigenous. It has also provided me with an education about history and how cultures have interacted, for better or worse, and how those interactions surface in the things made by Indigenous people. I hope my practice builds on all of this and I feel responsible to push all of it forward to represent the time that I live in.” —Jeffrey GibsonIn observance of National Native American Heritage Month, this November we’ll be exploring the themes of the exhibition When Fire Is Applied to a Stone It Cracks, with commentary from both Jeffrey Gibson and historian Dr. Christian Ayne Crouch.Installation views, Jeffrey Gibson: When Fire Is Applied to a Stone It Cracks, Brooklyn Museum, February 14, 2020 - January 10, 2021 -- source link
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