ARTH 3539 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: James Luna, Surname, Cindy Sherman
13 Apr 2017
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Is it authentic when a culture starts to produce for an outside market. Born off the reservation then moves to the reservation. James luna, take a picture with a real indian, 1991. James luna, artifact piece, 1987- artist in a museum display case with personal objects such as family pictures, college diplomas, record albums and divorce papers on view. Coco fusco and guillermo gomez-pena, undiscovered amerindians, 1992. Erica lord, the artifact piece, revisited (2008) -canadian. She can be anyone she wants, not pretending to be someone else like. Erica lord, native american land reclamation project (2000) Represented canada at biennale in 2005, first indigenous artist to represent a nation. In her youth, she was subject to the assimilation policy of the canadian government; sent to attend high school and billeted with a non-native family. Venus of rockeby-esque- sewn with red glass beads to look like blood. Marie watt, born in 1967, blanket work- confort versus smallpox spreading.
