Now open at the American Museum of Natural History is Shaping the Future Through Tradition, a new exhibition highlighting the work of seven unique Northwest Coast artists.
Shaping the Future Through Tradition at the American Museum of Natural History. Alvaro Keding / © AMNH.
The artists are Wuulhu, Bracken Hanuse Corlett (Wuikinuxv/Klahoose Nations), who works in sculpture, paints and digital media; Kayah George (Tulalip/Tsleil-Waututh Nations), a filmmaker and activist; Jordan Hill (T’Sou-ke Nation), an emerging new media artist; Dustin McGladrey (Nisga’a, Grizzly Bear Clan), a filmmaker and writer; Wil Uks Batsga G-a-laaw (Jeremy Pahl) (Ts’msyen, Laxsgyiik (Eagle) Clan of the House of Txat Gwatk), a musical artist formerly known as Saltwater Hank; Danika Saunders (Nuxalk, Gwa’sala-Nakwaxda’xw), a tattoo artist; and Kristi Lane Sinclair (Haida/Cree), a musician.
Jordan Hill (T’Sou-ke Nation), Peripheral Loading, installation view. Photo by Alvaro Keding / © AMNH.
The exhibition is curated by guest curator Michael Bourquin (Tāłtān/Gitxsan, Wolf Clan). “I wanted to juxtapose traditional West Coast art, including formline, weaving and carving, but then straying from those traditions with different technology,” he says. “The show is rooted in ancestral knowledge, in addition to these great traditions of art from the West Coast…I’m just a rez kid from a small village, so to have something like this curated in New York City, I never imagined it, especially from the perspective of West Coast art on the East Coast.”
The interactive and often digital exhibition is open now at the iconic museum across the street from Central Park. —
Now open
Shaping the Future Through Tradition
American Museum of Natural History, 200 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024, (212) 769-5100, www.amnh.org
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