Smith is often recognised as a painter, and many of the 136 works here are paintings in oil, acrylic, or both. Across her chest, the Madonna’s beating heart of corn enacts this thematic connection between living things.
Her pheasant-wing hands hold a seminal text on Indigenous religions, God is Red (1973) by Vine Deloria Jr, which articulates a framework of relation governed by reciprocity. She is Indian Madonna Enthroned (1974), and wears long braids, a thicket of beaded necklaces, a wool shawl and beaded moccasins. Photo: Ryan Lowry.Ī seated woman greets us in Jaune Quick-to-See Smith: Memory Map at the Whitney Museum of American Art. From left to right: Indian Madonna Enthroned, 1974 Ronan Robe #4, 1977. Jaune Quick-to-See Smith: Memory Map, installation view, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 19 April – 13 August 2023. Jaune Quick-to-See Smith: Memory Map In the first New York retrospective of the artist’s work, covering almost five decades, she offers a view of US history, geography and government policy through an Indigenous lens
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