Action/Abstraction redefined

Museum of Contemporary Native Arts. (organizer,, host institution.).

Summary: "Action/Abstraction Redefined is the first exhibition catalog that analyzes modern Native American art, inspired by abstract expressionism, color field, and hard-edge painting. The publication features paintings and works on paper from the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts’ (MoCNA) permanent collection, created in the 1960s and 1970s. The artists in the Action/Abstraction Redefined exhibition challenged stereotypical expectations of Indian art by experimenting with New York School art movements combined with art influences from their own cultural heritage. This departure, supported by the groundbreaking new art education philosophy at IAIA, revolutionized the Native American art world. This publication also contributes to the scholarship about female artists, such as Edna Massey (Cherokee), during this male dominated art period"--Publisher's website.

Record details

ISBN: 9780692139455
ISBN: 0692139451
Physical Description: print
143 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Publisher: Santa Fe, N.M. : Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

General Note:	Catalog of an exhibition held at at the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, July 28, 2017-July 7, 2019.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-137) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	President's note / Dr. Robert Martin -- Foreword / Patsy Philips -- Introduction / Stephen Wall -- Cultural constructivism / Ryan S. Flahive -- The New York native modern art movement / Manuela Well-Off-Man -- Writing against the enemy / Shanna Ketchum-Heap of Birds -- Edna Massey and native modernism / Lara M. Evans -- Redefining American abstract expressionism / Tatiana Lomahaftewa-Singer -- Plates.