Marie Watt: "Cross Currents" at Denver's Center for Visual Art
Cross Currents
November 22 - February 8
Opening Reception and Artist Panel November 22 from 6 - 8 p.m.
The artists of Cross Currents represent the spirit of innovation by blending elements found in traditional Native American art with meaning and strategies born of 21st century artmaking, adding unique voices to the visual language of today. From this platform they present new possibilities for understanding the complexities of cultural identity from the varied perspective of individuals with different indigenous backgrounds. Acts of misrepresentation and appropriation of traditional symbols propagated by mass media are confronted head-on, while declarations of individuality, rejecting labels and stereotypes, offer new models of self-ascribed cultural identification.
Artists: Marie Watt, Cannupahanska, Nicholas Galanin, Frank Buffalo Hyde, Merritt Johnson, Sarah Ortegon, Wendy Red Star, Sarah Sense, Will Wilson
Center for Visual Art
965 Santa Fe Drive
Denver, Colorado 80204