In Our Own Words: Native Impressions

This is one in a series of American art exhibitions created through a multi-year, multi-institutional partnership formed by the Amon Carter Museum of American Art as part of the Art Bridges Cohort Program.

In Our Own Words: Native Impressions features a portfolio of twenty-six vibrantly colored printed portraits by living artists Daniel Heyman (b. 1963) and Lucy Ganje (b. 1949). The two collaborated in portraying present-day members of North Dakota Indian nations, including those around Standing Rock.

The works are living testimony that Native culture is far from vanished, but rich, varied, and constantly shifting.

Featuring works by: Daniel Heyman (b. 1963) and Lucy Ganje (b. 1949)

The art of collage can likely be traced back to the invention of papermaking. In Modern art, Pablo Picasso and George Braque pioneered Cubism by collaging shards of newspaper and wallpaper onto their fragmented paintings. Kurt Schwitters later began collaging found objects onto substrates paving the way for artists to construct assemblages such as those of Louise Nevelson. Dada artist and provocateur, Marcel Duchamp began claiming already existing objects as art to which he coined the term “readymade.” Robert Rauschenberg then lay claim to his own term “combine” which is a combination of painting and sculpture. These ideas of utilizing found materials and blurring the line between painting and sculpture are the common theme of the works on display. Feel free to look, enjoy, and create your own art inspired by these collage works in the AMoA Collection.