SHARING HONORS AND BURDENS
Sharing Honors and Burdens: Renwick Invitational 2023 focuses on fresh and nuanced visions by six Native American or Alaska Native artists who express the honours and burdens that connect people to one another. The 55 artworks in the exhibition arise from traditions of making that honour family, community or clan, and require broad community participation. Six artists — Joe Feddersen (Arrow Lakes/Okanagan), Lily Hope (Tlingit), Ursala Hudson (Tlingit), Erica Lord (Athabaskan/Iñupiat), Geo Neptune (Passamaquoddy) and Maggie Thompson (Fond du Lac Ojibwe) — analyse the present moment by evoking historical practices and potential futures. Their works are often culturally specific, yet they communicate across cultural boundaries.
Image: Lily Hope, Memorial Beats, 2021. Thin-spun merino and cedar bark with copper, headphones, and audio files, 16 x 4 x 10 inches. The Hope Family Trust. © Sydney Akagi. Image above: Erica Lord, Multiple Myeloma Burden Strap, DNA/RNA Microarray Analysis, 2022. Glass beads and wire, 7 x 60 x 11/4 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Accola Griefen Fine Art. © Addison Doty.........................
Image: Lily Hope, Memorial Beats, 2021. Thin-spun merino and cedar bark with copper, headphones, and audio files, 16 x 4 x 10 inches. The Hope Family Trust. © Sydney Akagi. Image above: Erica Lord, Multiple Myeloma Burden Strap, DNA/RNA Microarray Analysis, 2022. Glass beads and wire, 7 x 60 x 11/4 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Accola Griefen Fine Art. © Addison Doty.........................
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