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For five decades, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith has built a distinctive visual language to examine American life from a Native perspective. Her major solo show Memory Map is on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.
FOR FIVE DECADES a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, has developed a distinctive visual language to examine American life from a Native perspective. Drawing on influences ranging from neo-expressionism to pop art, the Santa Fe resident has created compelling work that involves maps, historical reflection, and personal memories. Along with this major solo show at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, Smith is curating an exhibition on living Indigenous artists at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC that will open on September 24, 2023, adding to the long overdue spotlight.
Memory Map will be on view through August 13, 2023. whitney.org