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* "In Dialogue" at [[University of Toronto]] Art Centre in 2017, the latter two with other artists including [[Duane Linklater]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://artmuseum.utoronto.ca/exhibition/in-dialogue/|title=In Dialogue: Works by Raven Davis, Raymond Boisjoly, David Garneau, Carola Grahn, Native Art Department International, (Maria Hupfield and Jason Lujan), Nicole Kelly Westman, Duane Linklater, Tanya Lukin-Linklater, Amy Malbeuf, Nadia Myre, Peter Morin, Krista Belle Stewart|publisher=Art Museum of the University of Toronto website}}</ref> |
* "In Dialogue" at [[University of Toronto]] Art Centre in 2017, the latter two with other artists including [[Duane Linklater]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://artmuseum.utoronto.ca/exhibition/in-dialogue/|title=In Dialogue: Works by Raven Davis, Raymond Boisjoly, David Garneau, Carola Grahn, Native Art Department International, (Maria Hupfield and Jason Lujan), Nicole Kelly Westman, Duane Linklater, Tanya Lukin-Linklater, Amy Malbeuf, Nadia Myre, Peter Morin, Krista Belle Stewart|publisher=Art Museum of the University of Toronto website}}</ref> |
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Curatorial projects in which their own work isn't a part include "First Things Don't Come First," at the Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film, [[Durham, Ontario]], Canada in 2017 |
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*"First Things Don't Come First," at the Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film, [[Durham, Ontario]], Canada in 2017,<ref name=Fab>{{cite web|url=http://fabfilmfest.ca/schedule.html|title=Schedule and Program|publisher=The Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film website|year=2017}}</ref> |
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*"Without Us There Is No You," a screening of six video works by indigenous artists at [[Artists Space]] to mark ''[[Art in America]]'''s inaugural indigenous contemporary art issue<ref>http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/interviews/without-us-there-is-no-you-a-conversation-at-artists-space/</ref> |
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==Critical reception== |
==Critical reception== |
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Revision as of 22:33, 10 November 2017
Native Art Department International is a Brooklyn-based collaborative project of the wife-and-husband pair of artists Maria Hupfield (1975) and Jason Lujan[1][2] (1971).[3][4] Together they curate group exhibitions in which they sometimes show and occasionally make work together as a way to counter the pigeonholing of contemporary art by Native Americans and people of First Nations descent.[5]
History
Hupfield is First Nations Anishinaabe Ojibwe,[6] and Lujan is Chiricahua Apache[2] and Mexican.[7] Hupfield has said "It’s important for artists to generate and frame our own content so we’re not always looking at institutions to co-opt and define it outside of our awareness."[5] Lujan told the Tacoma Art Museum website, "There is a lot of value to Native artists representing anything they want today, not just their own cultures. The field is wide open. I think artists have a lot of good things to say about anything and everything, and there is plenty of room for all of that."[7]
In 2015 they established a blog that documents their activities as Native Art Department and publishes interviews with artists and scholars and articles on subjects of interest such as South African magazine Chimurenga and early Japanese American photographer Frank Matsura.[8] In addition to exhibitions, they have screened their work at Artists Space in New York.[9]
Curatorial projects
Exhibitions by Native Art Department International include
- "free play" at Trestle Projects in Brooklyn,[10]
- "Chez BRKLYN" in Galerie Se Konst in Falun, Sweden in 2016,[5][11] and
- "In Dialogue" at University of Toronto Art Centre in 2017, the latter two with other artists including Duane Linklater.[12]
Curatorial projects in which their own work isn't a part include
- "First Things Don't Come First," at the Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film, Durham, Ontario, Canada in 2017,[13]
- "Without Us There Is No You," a screening of six video works by indigenous artists at Artists Space to mark Art in America's inaugural indigenous contemporary art issue[14]
Critical reception
In his interview of the couple about their work in the 2016 Brooklyn show "free play," Christopher Greene of Hyperallergic noted the contrast between their individual styles. He described Lujan's use of the Zuni print as "graphically intense" and Hupfield's materiality as "soft."[5] A Swedish reporter said of their subsequent show "Chez BRKLYN" in Galerie Se Konst, "The artists ... put people at the center, shrinking the world and succeeding in showing how much we are one regardless of home address. It is inspiring, rich with energy, and hopeful. We hope these Brooklyn artists return soon."[15]
References
- ^ Sekeres, Ann Marie; Bradley, Quinn (February 14, 2008). "News: Fifteen Emerging Artists Present Challenging Views of Native America" (PDF). Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.
- ^ a b Welton, Jessica, ed. (2007). Native Artists in the Americas National Museum of the American Indian Native Arts Program: The First Ten Years (PDF). National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution. pp. 64–65.
- ^ "NAAR – Native American Artist Roster". amerinda.org.
- ^ "Artist Talk: MARIA HUPFIELD". www.concordia.ca.
- ^ a b c d Green, Christopher (June 9, 2016). "When You Tell Someone You're an Artist that Is Native, They Tell You Who You Should Be". Hyperallergic.com.
- ^ "28 January–14 May 2017 Maria Hupfield: The One Who Keeps on Giving". The Power Plant website.
- ^ a b "Contemporary Native Voices: Jason Lujan". Tacoma Art Museum website.
- ^ Lujan, Jason; Hupfield, Maria. "Native Art Department International". nativeartdepartment.org.
- ^ http://artistsspace.org/programs/without-us-there-is-no-you
- ^ "Trestle Projects: Past". trestlegallery.org. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
- ^ "Galleri Se Konst Falun". www.gallerise.se.
- ^ "In Dialogue: Works by Raven Davis, Raymond Boisjoly, David Garneau, Carola Grahn, Native Art Department International, (Maria Hupfield and Jason Lujan), Nicole Kelly Westman, Duane Linklater, Tanya Lukin-Linklater, Amy Malbeuf, Nadia Myre, Peter Morin, Krista Belle Stewart". Art Museum of the University of Toronto website.
- ^ "Schedule and Program". The Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film website. 2017.
- ^ http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/interviews/without-us-there-is-no-you-a-conversation-at-artists-space/
- ^ Ekebjär, Cecilia (August 26, 2016). "Raketgevär, automatkarbiner och ... "känslan av en person" – utställning i Falun lockar". www.dt.se.