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Show I exhibitions Bierstadt to Warhol: American Indians in the West February I 5-August I I , 20 I 3 Bierstadt to Warhol: American Indians in the West comprises over I 00 oil paintings, sculptures, and works on paper drawn primarily from the Diane and Sam Stewart collection. The exhibition examines depictions of American Indian identity, by both Native and non-Native artists, in a diverse array of styles: from the traditional Barbizon School to Modernist abstraction and conceptual renderings of cultural motifs. Many works feature the Pueblo people ofTaos and Santa Fe, New Mexico, but images of American Indians from different regions are also included. Artworks range in tone from the romantic and ideal to the utterly real, and at times examine sensitive subject matter that is often considered inherent to contemporary American Indian identity. This exhibition negotiates the devices and implications of portraiture as a historical genre to show that a portrait can fashion either a mythologized persona or an authentic personal dynamic that speaks to lived experience. » Bierstadt to Warhol: American Indians in the West OPENING CELEBRATION Friday, February 15, 20 I 3 5 pm / University and UMFA members exhibition preview 6 pm FREE public artist talk by Shonto Begay 7 pm Community celebration ON THE COVER I Ernest Martin Hennings (American, 1896-1956), Indian Horsemen, c. 1925, detail, oil on canvas, Collection of Diane and Sam Stewart, Bridgeman Art Library. ABOVE I Joseph Henry Sharp (American, 18591953), Untitled [Indian Seated], c. 1920, detail, oil on canvas, Collection of Diane and Sam Stewart. |
