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Artworks
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
Trade Canoe: A Western Fantasy, 2015Six-color lithograph21 x 30 in
53.3 x 76.2 cmEdition of 40Copyright Jaune Quick-to-See SmithSoldFurther images
Native artist Jaune Quick-To-See Smith draws on characters and iconography from Salish and Cree-Chippewa-Ojibwe creation stories in her ambitious six color lithograph Trade Canoe: A Western Fantasy. The body of...Native artist Jaune Quick-To-See Smith draws on characters and iconography from Salish and Cree-Chippewa-Ojibwe creation stories in her ambitious six color lithograph Trade Canoe: A Western Fantasy. The body of her work uses recurring motifs and themes from Indigenous cultures in order to confront and dismantle Western hegemonic narratives. In Trade Canoe, Quick-To-See Smith creates a timeless artwork that weaves together allegorical and stereotypical figures and narratives from Native and Western histories under swaths of vivid color and frenetic brushwork.
