This page was last edited on 9 December 2020, at 19:48. New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art includes her work in a current exhibit of Plains Indian art, and Dartmouth College's Hood Museum is showing her self-portraiture alongside big names like Chuck Close, Cindy Sherman, and Bruce Nauman. The exhibition is organized by the Newark Musuem, and is curated by Nadiah Rivera Fellah, guest curator, and Tricia Lauglin Bloom, Curator of American Art at the Newark Musuem. "[1], For Red Star's Four Seasons series, the Metropolitan Museum of Art catalog noted, "In this four-part photographic work, Wendy Red Star pokes fun at romantic idealizations of American Indians as 'one with nature.' Skip to end of content. She is of Apsáalooke (Crow) and Irish descent and was raised in Pryor, Montana,[2] on the Crow Reservation, "a rural community that's also a sovereign nation and cultural powerhouse. [14], Zach Dundas of Portland Monthly noted her "mash-ups of mass-market and Crow culture make perfect sense...Red Star is enjoying a moment in the wider art world. "[16] Her work has been collected at institutions such as the National Museum of the American Indian, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art. Join us throughout the week for discussions, workshops, gallery tours, social events and more. Her father ranched and was a licensed pilot who played in the "Maniacs", an Indian rock band. [1][5], Red Star's undergraduate and graduate level specialization was in sculpture. The Indigenous roots of feminism, the importance of family, Crow mythology, the history of the Montana landscape, and the pageantry of Crow Fest are among the subjects Red Star explores in her work. Buy Wendy Red Star photos at FFOTO, the best place to buy photographs online. [22], Red Star characterizes her work as research-based, especially as she investigates and explores clichéd Hollywood images like beautiful maidens or western landscapes. She used a red pen on a print of this famous image to notate his outfit and the symbolism attached to elements such as his ermine shawl, the bows in his hair, and the eagle fan he is holding. 2020 THE NEWARK MUSEUM OF ART. This catalogue was published to coincide with the mid-career survey exhibition by the same name. [4] Red Star said she wanted to use the details of his clothing, and the ledger drawings he made upon his return to the reservation, to humanize Medicine Crow. [4], In 1880, six Crow chiefs traveled to Washington, D.C. to talk with the president because the settlers were about to build a railroad through their hunting territory. Her photographs combine stereotypical and authentic images, references to the past and modern day. [27][28] Their collaborations have been shown at the Tacoma Art Museum, the Seattle Art Museum, and twice at the Portland Art Museum. [13] Red Star also uses humor to draw viewers into her work. She juxtaposes popular depictions of Native Americans with authentic cultural and gender identities. Artist Wendy Red Star returns to Crow’s Shadow in October for her third residency since 2010. [23] In an effort to focus on the culture and history of the Crow nation, she removed the background of the pictures to bring attention to the Indigenous people and objects in the foreground. With more than 40 works highlighting Red Star’s production from 2006 to 2019, the exhibition includes photography, textiles, and film and sound installations. This unexpected commentary delivers to contemporary art a worthy forum for Native women’s voices. About Wendy Red Star Peelatchiwaaxpáash/Medicine Crow (Raven) and the 1880 Crow Peace Delegation Contemporary artist Wendy Red Star creates multimedia works that explore Native American identity and the distance between romantic images of the Native American—such as those by Edward S. Curtis—and the world of Indians today. [1], Red Star was born in 1981 in Billings, Montana. In her work she attempts to decolonize photography, often by approaching issues of representation humorously. Wendy Red Star, United States, Native American, Crow, born 1981, Peelatchiwaaxpáash / Medicine Crow (Raven) from the series 1880 Crow Peace Delegation, 2014, inkjet print and red ink on paper; Museum purchase with funds provided by the Estate of Clyde W. Oyster, 2019.31a Red Star has continued to pass down the family’s artistic legacy through her ten-year-old daughter, Beatrice. Her humorous approach and use of Native American images from traditional media draw the viewer into her work, while also confronting romanticized representations. With Wendy Red Star, an artist who produced an extraordinary series of annotated photographs. [17], Red Star has advocated for improved opportunities for Native women in the art world. - [Wendy] I was doing research on two images of Medicine Crow and what I found was that they were delegation portraits taken in 1880. Wendy Red Star: A Scratch on the Earth is a mid-career survey of the work of Portland artist Wendy Red Star (born 1981, Billings, Montana). Wendy Red Star utilizes her artistic voice through photography, fiber arts, video, and sculpture providing a novel perspective on Native American life. In 2014, she curated Wendy Red Star's Wild West & Congress of Rough Riders of the World, "the first-ever all-Native contemporary art exhibition at Bumbershoot", which took place in Seattle during the annual musical concert. [4] While conducting research on the term squaw, she found a reference to White Squaw, a 1950s movie, and later books with pulp-fiction style covers, published as recently as 1997. Raised on the Crow reservation in Montana, her work draws deeply on her cultural and personal heritage and ideas surrounding personal and collective identity. Even during this time of physical distancing, The Newark Museum of Art has lots to offer its visitors of all ages.