Now on view at the Philbrook Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is Everything We Dream: Native Abstraction, a new exhibition that explores genre-pushing artworks from all over North America.
Woodrow Wilson Crumbo (Citizen Band Potawatomi/Muscogee (Creek), 1912-1989), Sunset in Memoriam, 1946, oil on board, 177/8 x 24 in. Philbrook Art & Gardens, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Gift of Clark Field, 1946.45.5. © Minisa Crumbo Halsey.
“From the pottery designs of the Southwest and the beaded material culture of the Plains to the intricate basketry of the Southeast and the formline design of the Pacific Northwest, each tribe has a unique, region-specific visual language based upon their tribe’s world views. These artistic expressions often incorporate distinguishing patterns, geometric shapes and abstract representations of both the physical and spiritual worlds,” the museum says of the exhibition.
Jeffrey Gibson (Choctaw/Cherokee), Eternal Return, 2014, maple, wool, glass and plastic beads, acrylic yarn, deer rawhide, mohair, quartz crystals, tin and copper jingles, steel and brass studs, artificial sinew, nylon thread, metal wire, steel rods, and found railroad tie (pine), 84½ x 24 x 11 in. Philbrook Art & Gardens, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Museum purchase, with funds donated by Don and Rita Newman, 2014.4 a,b. © Jeffrey Gibson.
“Everything We Dream: Native Abstraction braids together a history of artworks to visually examine Native American arts practices and how they shaped modern and contemporary Native Abstraction. Exhibiting a diverse grouping of pottery, basketry, jewelry, sculpture, painting and other material culture that implements geometric forms and patterns, the dynamic, abstracted works combine to tell a fluid story—one of cultural continuance. Maybe everything we dream is just that.”
The exhibition runs through January 3, 2027. —
Through January 3, 2027
Everything We Dream: Native Abstraction
Philbrook Museum 2727 S. Rockford Road, Tulsa, OK 74114, (918) 749-7941, www.philbrook.org
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