A Native Culture’s Reach, Both Visual and Emotional Link to New York times Article  …While much of the work by non-Indian artists lacks this kind of physical integrity, Nicholas Galanin, the Alaskan Tlinglit artist who works in various Conceptual Art modes, does muster some of it by wittily appropriating the rock-art technique especially favored by the Native Americans of the Southwest. Into the sidewalk in front of the gallery he has incised the silhouette of a small horned animal like those found on several objects inside, as well as the word “Indians” rendered in the distinctive script used by the Cleveland baseball team, but without the Indian caricature of the logo. Redolent of tattoos and graffiti, these works bring the fuel-efficient unity posed by the Native American works in this show squarely into the present. “Kindred Spirits: Native American Influences on 20th Century Art” continues through Jan. 28 at the Peter Blum Gallery, 99 Wooster Street, near Spring Street, SoHo; (212) 343- 0441, peterblumgallery.com.

A Native Culture’s Reach, Both Visual and Emotional

Link to New York times Article 

…While much of the work by non-Indian artists lacks this kind of physical integrity, Nicholas Galanin, the Alaskan Tlinglit artist who works in various Conceptual Art modes, does muster some of it by wittily appropriating the rock-art technique especially favored by the Native Americans of the Southwest. Into the sidewalk in front of the gallery he has incised the silhouette of a small horned animal like those found on several objects inside, as well as the word “Indians” rendered in the distinctive script used by the Cleveland baseball team, but without the Indian caricature of the logo. Redolent of tattoos and graffiti, these works bring the fuel-efficient unity posed by the Native American works in this show squarely into the present.

“Kindred Spirits: Native

American Influences on 20th

Century Art” continues through Jan. 28 at the Peter Blum

Gallery, 99 Wooster Street, near

Spring Street, SoHo; (212) 343-

0441, peterblumgallery.com.

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