{"id":10345,"date":"2020-11-27T12:02:24","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T17:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/?p=10345"},"modified":"2020-11-27T12:02:24","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T17:02:24","slug":"destroy-the-myth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/articles\/destroy-the-myth\/","title":{"rendered":"Destroy the Myth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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(left) National Gallery of Art. Front of National Gallery with U.S. Capitol in background<\/em> (detail) by Theodor Horydczak (8″x10″; photograph; c. 1920-1950). Theodor Horydczak Collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division; (right) I See Red: Target<\/em> by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (134″x42″; mixed media on canvas; 1992). National Gallery of Art, Washington. Purchased with funds from Emily and Mitchell Rales 2020.6.1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

FROM KOLAJ 30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Major \u201cPainting\u201d by Native American Artist Jaune Quick-To-See Smith Acquired by National Gallery of Art (USA)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In June 2020, when the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. announced the acquisition of I See Red: Target<\/em> by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, the statement proclaimed it to be \u201cthe first painting by a Native American artist to enter the collection. Smith, an enrolled Salish member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation in Montana, is one of the most highly respected artists of the past 40 years.\u201d The Director of the National Gallery of Art, Kaywin Feldman, added, \u201cI am thrilled to bring this exceptional work into the collection of the National Gallery of Art. I See Red: Target<\/em> creates a meaningful dialogue among works in the collection to enrich our understanding of modern art. I am also delighted to add a major painting by a Native American woman artist to the Gallery\u2019s narrative of American art. Smith\u2019s painting tackles long-standing complexities of Native American identity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smith\u2019s I See Red: Target<\/em> is not, it turns out a \u201cpainting\u201d but a collage. In Kolaj<\/em> 30, Editor Ric Kasini Kadour reflects on the National Gallery’s historic acquisition, the role of museums, and how collage faciliates conversation between cultures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ric Kasini Kadour’s editorial, “Destroy the Myth”, appears in\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Kolaj\u00a0#30<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>PURCHASE THE ISSUE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I See Red: Target<\/em> by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (134″x42″; mixed media on canvas; 1992). National Gallery of Art, Washington. Purchased with funds from Emily and Mitchell Rales 2020.6.1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith was born at the St. Ignatius Indian Mission in 1940. She is an enrolled Salish member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation, Montana. She holds an Associate of Arts Degree from Olympic College, a BA in Art Education from Framingham State College, and an MA in Visual Arts from the University of New Mexico. Her numerous awards include the 2005 Governor’s Outstanding New Mexico Woman’s Award and New Mexico Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, the Living Artist of Distinction Award from the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, and four honorary doctorates. Her work is in major collections including the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Museo de Arte Moderno (Quito, Ecuador). The artist lives and works in New Mexico and is represented by Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FROM KOLAJ 30 Major \u201cPainting\u201d by Native American Artist Jaune Quick-To-See Smith Acquired by National Gallery of Art (USA) In June 2020, when the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. announced the acquisition of I See Red: Target by…<\/p>\n

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