"Published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Dakota Modern: the Art of Oscar Howe', on view at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian in New York from March 12, 2022 to September 11, 2022; the Portland Art Museum from November 5, 2022 to May 14, 2023; and the South Dakota Art Museum from June 10, 2023 to September 17, 2023"--Verso of title page. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Understanding the art of Oscar Howe -- Oscar Howe, a life -- Oscar Howe's legacy. Credits. Kathleen Ash-Milby -- Biographical timeline / Kathleen Ash-Milby and Bill Anthes -- Notes to the reader: terminology and genealogy ; orthography -- Ochethi SakowinΠtraditions and multiple modernisms / Bill Anthes -- From the sun dance to Sioux Christianity: seeking an artistic vision / Janet Catherine Berlo and Emil Her Many Horses -- The storyteller / John P. Lukavic -- Origin story / Kathleen Ash-Milby -- Naturalism and abstraction: transcending the Studio Style / Joyce M. Szabo -- Radical change: Oklahoma / Denises Neil -- Picturing an inclusive Northern Plains landscape: the Corn Palace murals, 1948-71 / Erika Doss -- Dakota primetime: This Is Your Life / Anya Montiel -- I didn't appreciate how blessed I was / Inge Dawn Howe Maresh -- Accolades and acrimony: Philbrook's Indian Annual / Christina E. Burke -- Generations of influence / Kathleen Ash-Milby and Christina E. Burke -- Afterword / Philip J. Deloria -- Biographical timeline / Kathleen Ash-Milby -- Notes -- Selected exhibitions and collections -- Selected bibliography -- Exhibition checklist -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- Credits.
Summary:
"Examines the life and work of Oscar Howe, a twentieth-century Yanktonai Dakota artist who grounded his modernist style in his Native American culture and traditions"-- Provided by publisher.
Indexed by:
Indexed in the Native American Artists Resource Collection Online, Billie Jane Baguley Library and Archives, Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, at the artist name level (June 7, 2022) https://5019.sydneyplus.com/Heard_Museum_ArgusNET_Final/Portal.aspx
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