by Aarnaquq , December 1, 2009—12:00 AM
Topics: Aarnaquq, Alaska, Alaskan, Alaskan Native, Pacific Northwest, Phillip Charette, clay, indiginous, mixed media, native american, spiritual
A small mixed media sculpture of horse-hair fired clay, wood, and porcelain. The porcelain has undergone special treatment that gives it the appearance of ivory…
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by Aarnaquq , August 10, 2009—12:00 AM
Topics: Aarnaquq, Alaska, Alaskan, Alaskan Native, Art Show, Awards, Burke Museum, Eskimo, Fellowship, Harvard, Pacific, Pacific Northwest, Plaza, SWAIA, Santa Fe, Southwestern Indian, Yup'ik, exhibit, indiginous, indiginous peoples, native american, news, rental, sculpture
Reminder - the Santa Fe Indian Art Market is coming! August 22 & 23. As a 2009 Fellowship recipient I'll be located on the green in the Plaza this year. Please stop by and see my new work and say "hi."
Remember: there's something for all budgets in my booth! And, don't forget about our art rental and leasing program. If you've been waiting to get a large piece, now's the perfect time.
If this piece is approved by the committee, it's what I'll be donating this year for the gala…
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by Aarnaquq , May 21, 2009—12:00 AM
Topics: A-Y-P, Aarnaquq, Alaska, Alaskan, Alaskan Native, Burke Museum, Eskimo, Harvard, Pacific, Pacific Northwest, Phillip Charette, Seattle, Yukon, Yup'ik, art leasing, art rental, exhibit, indiginous, leasing, native american, rental, sculpture
This piece is a smaller and less complex version of the large Poisoned piece, although the meaning remains the same. The large mask was installed at the Burke Museum in Seattle, WA for their "Indigenous Voices Reply" exhibit. This exhibit is in coordination with the 100 year commemorative of the Alaskan-Yukon-Pacific Exhibition in 1909. The large piece has just been purchased by the Museum and will remain on permanent display there. I will be speaking on a panel of native artists at the museum May 30. You can find out more about the exhibit and see an image by visiting the Burke Museum website as
http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/ayp/index.php
MEANING : Poisoned was inspired by pre-contact Yup'ik masks I handled at the Smithsonian that were seriously damaged…
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by Aarnaquq , May 19, 2009—12:00 AM
Topics: Aarnaquq, Alaska, Alaskan, Alaskan Native, Eskimo, Pacific Northwest, Phillip Charette, Seattle, Yukon, Yup'ik, indiginous, indiginous peoples, native american, news, sculpture
The Burke Museum is supporting the efforts of the 100 year anniversary of the Alaskan Yukon Pacific Exposition that took place in 1909, but they are doing so from the perspective of indigenous peoples of Alaska, and the impact on their culture and lives. They invited me to participate at the beginning, and part of what they asked for was a mask that they could hang during the exhibit.
I supplied the piece titled "Poisoned" because it felt to me like the right piece. I built this piece of art as a statement about how white collectors and curators (including large museum, and you know who you are) inflicted serious and lasting damage on the artifacts of indigenous peoples…
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