“Everything here is formed in relation to every other living and nonliving thing from the earth. All our relations.”
—There There by Tommy Orange
Dyani White Hawk’s work is a declaration of those relationships. The objects created by hands, the words spoken by mouths, the patterns passed down by generations, the new materials alongside the old. The strength in relationship between those who have survived genocide. The relationship to the generations yet to come. She illuminates this web of relatives.
White Hawk (Sičáŋǧu Lakota) is a contemporary artist and curator based in Minneapolis. Her solo exhibition Speaking to Relatives is currently on view at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art through May 16. She transcribes historical imagery into modern forms and contexts, using painting, sculpture, photography, and video installation. White Hawk uses both abstract forms and representational imagery in calling up collective history and present.
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