On display until 21st July 2021
This piece represents a blending of cultures that
makes sense to me as an artist and as a Mvskoke woman. Using historical
photographs reclaims them from being ‘images of a vanishing/vanished people’
and gives them a powerful new presence, actively carrying a bloodline that
links Indigenous Women over generations. The red colour also points to the
‘hidden’ issue of murdered and missing Native women. In recognition of the
commonality of this experience, the dress fuses Plains styling, with imagery from
the Eastern Woodlands, the Plains, and from my own Mvskoke heritage.
