Metaphor, Myth, & Politics: Art from Native Printmakers
Wendy Red Star, enit , 2010 Metaphor, Myth, & Politics: Art from Native Printmakers is a traveling exhibition that features the paper works of Native American and Indigenous artists. I recently visited this exhibition while it is on view at the California Museum, in Sacramento; and it features 36 contemporary works by 29 artists, exclusively from the UC Davis' C.N. Gorman Museum. Marwin Begaye, Atseetuts'ii - (Redtail Hawk) , 2016 The emphasis on this exhibition showcases some of the the styles of contemporary Native printmakers of California and other parts of the world, and the collection has been part of the Gorman Museum since its beginnings in the 1970s and has grown continually with contributions from artists and collectors. As the Gorman Museum is reputed for "artistic excellence", the exhibition showcases exemplary works of well established, and newer generations of Native and indigenous artists. Joe Fedderson, Plateau Landscape , 2006 These exemplary w...
