PSA
This is formline This is Inuit art
(Artist: Bill Reid) (Artist: Kenojuak Ashevak)
They aren't interchangeable. Stop referring to and tagging formline as Inuit art.
the-beacons-of-minas-tirith reblogged
Part of the Nature, Crisis, Consequence exhibit at the New-York Historical Society Museum and Library. It's on until July 16th of 2023!
VD: Museum curator Wendy Nālani E. Ikemoto next to a display of a Plague Doctor mask and headdress.
She says "what are we looking at here. This is a work called “Resilience: Living in a Pandemic since 1492” by Osceola and Genevieve Red Shirt who conceived of the work in the midst of the COVID 19 pandemic. It features a leather plague doctor's mask inscribed with the names of diseases that have devastated Indigenous nations through history. Caption reads "Smallpox, Diphtheria, Spanish Flu, Covid-19.
Wendy says "these are overlaid with Indigenous medicinal plants. The mask is paired with a war bonnet to honor Indigenous people as survivors and warriors" /End VD
Additional description of the work: The medicinal plants are: Marsh Marigold (yellow); Pokeweed (cone shape with purple berries); Purple Coneflower (lavender color with orange center); Skunk Cabbage (burgundy with bright green).
The work is made from: Wicket and Craig tooling leather, glass, metal, sweet grass, thread, hand-painted imitation eagle feathers, ermine pelts, red wool, red horsehair, buckskin leather, re-purposed Buffalo felt hat.
the-beacons-of-minas-tirith reblogged
the north star
edit - this is now available on redbubble as prints, poster, stickers, smartphone cases, drawstring bag, and notebook.
