Copyright %C2%A9 Julie Buffalohead%2C published by Highpoint Editions
Revisionist History Lesson, 2014
Color lithograph on tokuatsu paperexpand_more
Highpoint Editions Archive, The Friends of Bruce B. Dayton Acquisition Fund and the Christina N. and Swan J. Turnblad Memorial Fundexpand_more 2020.85.9
On View in Gallery 259expand_more
Although Julie Buffalohead’s work cannot be reduced to a single interpretation, the characters in them can imply meaning. The silhouettes of North America and the sailing vessel may be seen as symbols of Western colonialism, which viewed the world as a place to be mapped, objectified, and owned. In contrast, the rabbit and turtle might suggest Indigenous perspectives on land and place, the stewardship of Turtle Island (North America), and the role of animals in Ponca creation stories that guide individuals in the appropriate ways of being and acting in the world. At the center is the coyote, a stand-in for the viewer, connected by lines to these other elements. While the props are dark and flat, mere objects, the coyote is rendered with detail, tenderness, and texture, each element of her physicality carefully shaded with precision and care.
Details
- Title
- Revisionist History Lesson
- Artist Life
- (Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma), born 1972
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2020.85.9
- Provenance
- Highpoint Editions, Minneapolis (publisher); sold to MIA, 2020.
- Curator Approved
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Copyright © Julie Buffalohead, published by Highpoint Editions