Material & Identity Merge in Jeffrey Gibson's "Like A Hammer" at Seattle Art Museum

"I'm trying to make everything-garments, performances, paintings-that exist in my personal exploration about what modernity means within Indigenous cultures." - Jeffrey Gibson
Jeffrey Gibson is a contemporary artist of Cherokee heritage and a citizen of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. He grew up in urban settings in Germany, South Korea, the United States, and England, and his work draws on his experiences in different cultural environments. In his artwork, materials used in Indigenous powwow regalia, such as glass beads, drums, trade blankets, and metal jingles, are twined together with aspects of queer club culture as well as the legacies of abstract painting. See his work in "Jeffrey Gibson: Like a Hammer, " a major museum exhibition presenting a significant selection of this contemporary artist’s exuberant artwork created since 2011.
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ON VIEW FEB 28 - MAY 12 2019
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Jeffrey Gibson: Like a Hammer is organized by the Denver Art Museum.
Directed by Noah Therrien, SandenWolff Productions. © Seattle Art Museum, 2019.

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Thanks for posting this, SAM. I show this to a lot of my artist friends bc what Jeffrey says is so important for anyone with a queer practice