landscape/waterscape in series of blue and greys; thin island at left, middle ground in dark blue; mist on water's edge in white, longer yarn; tassel of three tied threads at all four corners

%C2%A9 D.Y. Begay

Nahookosji Hai (Winter in the North)/Biboon Giiwedinong (It is Winter in the North), 2019

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Nahookosji Hai (Winter in the North)/Biboon Giiwedinong (It Is Winter in the North) is a tapestry created by master textile artist DY Begay. In February 2018, Begay traveled to Grand Portage, Minnesota from her home in the Southwest to create a textile inspired by place. Begay’s textiles are abstract paintings on wool, drawn from her keen observations of particular landscapes, particularly within Dine Bikeyah, or Navajo land. In this instance, Begay spent days observing Lake Superior and the winter skies. Begay’s attention to details, of waves crashing on rocks, the light behind trees, and the vast sky helps convey the serenity of the place itself.

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Title
Nahookosji Hai (Winter in the North)/Biboon Giiwedinong (It is Winter in the North)
Artist Life
American, Diné (Navajo), born 1953
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2019.41
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landscape/waterscape in series of blue and greys; thin island at left, middle ground in dark blue; mist on water's edge in white, longer yarn; tassel of three tied threads at all four corners

© D.Y. Begay

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