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Cary IV, 2024
Buckskin, synthetic sinew, acrylic, glass beads, brass sequins, copper vessel, and copper ladle
Approx. 181 1/4 x 12 x 12 in overall (Approx. 460.4 x 30.9 x 30.9 cm)
Collection of Baltimore Museum of Art -
Cary IV, 2024 (detail)
Buckskin, synthetic sinew, acrylic, glass beads, brass sequins, copper vessel, and copper ladle
Approx. 181 1/4 x 12 x 12 in overall (Approx. 460.4 x 30.9 x 30.9 cm)
Collection of Baltimore Museum of Art -
Visiting, 2024
Acrylic, glass beads, thread, and synthetic sinew on aluminum panel, quartz base
column: 120 x 15.5 x 15.5 in (304.8 x 39.4 x 39.4 cm)
base: 5 x 24 x 24 in (12.7 x 70 x 70 cm)
Collection of Denver Art Museum -
Visiting, 2024 (detail)
Acrylic, glass beads, thread, and synthetic sinew on aluminum panel, quartz base
column: 120 x 15.5 x 15.5 in (304.8 x 39.4 x 39.4 cm)
base: 5 x 24 x 24 in (12.7 x 70 x 70 cm)
Collection of Denver Art Museum -
Visiting, 2024 (detail)
Acrylic, glass beads, thread, and synthetic sinew on aluminum panel, quartz base
column: 120 x 15.5 x 15.5 in (304.8 x 39.4 x 39.4 cm)
base: 5 x 24 x 24 in (12.7 x 70 x 70 cm)
Collection of Denver Art Museum -
Carry III, 2020
Buckskin, glass beads, thread, brass sequins, synthetic sinew, copper vessel, copper ladle
105 x 12 x 10 in overall (266.7 x 30.5 x 25.4 cm overall)
Collection of Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art -
Carry III, 2020 (detail)
Buckskin, glass beads, thread, brass sequins, synthetic sinew, copper vessel, copper ladle
105 x 12 x 10 in overall (266.7 x 30.5 x 25.4 cm overall)
Collection of Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art -
Carry, 2019
Buckskin, synthetic sinew, glass beads, brass sequins, canvas, acrylic, dyed feathers
110 x 15 in overall (279.4 x 38.1 cm overall)
Collection of Eiteljorg Museum -
Carry, 2019 (detail)
Buckskin, synthetic sinew, glass beads, brass sequins, canvas, acrylic, dyed feathers
110 x 15 in overall (279.4 x 38.1 cm overall)
Collection of Eiteljorg Museum
Cary IV, 2024
Buckskin, synthetic sinew, acrylic, glass beads, brass sequins, copper vessel, and copper ladle
Approx. 181 1/4 x 12 x 12 in overall (Approx. 460.4 x 30.9 x 30.9 cm)
Collection of Baltimore Museum of Art
White Hawk's sculptures incorporate materials long central to Native artistic practices—glass beads, paint, buckskin—into configurations that challenge conventional definitions and divisions between art and craft, the traditional and contemporary. These works argue against the artificial separation of fine art from Indigenous artistic practices, asserting the aesthetic and conceptual complexity of Native art while acknowledging the ways it has been historically marginalized. Unlike Western sculptural traditions that emphasize individual authorship, White Hawk's pieces emerge through collaboration with family members, friends, and community partners, reflecting Indigenous practices of collective creation that have persisted across generations. Every bead and strand of fringe serves as both a material element and cultural signifier, contributing to sculptures that communicate in visual languages the contemporary art world is still learning to comprehend.