New Skins
From Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program
Artists: Jim Denomie and Andrea Carlson
April 6 - May 27, 2007
MAEP Galleries
This exhibition will feature the work of two artists working from the narratives of their Anishinaabe ancestry and worldviews. Jim Denomie and Andrea Carlson demonstrate two different perspectives on their shared content of irony, story and politics.
The exhibition will include an expansion of Denomie’s Renegade series. Denomie plans to revisit these politically charged and humorous landscapes in order to show further developments in the renegade’s ongoing saga. These paintings will be shown alongside an installation of portraiture from his painting-a-day series. By painting a daily portrait from his imagination, Denomie addresses the self-analytical qualities of painting others. These intense images complement Denomie’s Renegades by telling a different type of story that reads more like a personal diary.
Carlson’s Windigo series, questions calcified views of authenticity and cultural purity through hybridized imagery. In
New Skins, Carlson explores the multicultural make-up of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Objects from the permanent collection intermingle with her established iconography in fantastical landscapes as she explores cultural adaptation.
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Related Works of Art
Andrea Carlson, Culture Cop |
 Andrea Carlson, Waagidijiid |
 Andrea Carlson, End of the Trail' |
 Andrea Carlson, French Persian Rugs |
 Andrea Carlson, False Flag |
 Andrea Carlson, Truthiness |
Other objects from the MIA's permanent collection that appear in Andrea Carlson's paintings:
Jim Denomie, Handsome |
 Jim Denomie, Attack on Fort Snelling Bar and Grill |
 Jim Denomie, Untitled (Horse and Rider) |
 Jim Denomie, Three Strong Women |
 Jim Denomie, Proud Parents |
 Jim Denomie, Untitled |
 Jim Denomie, Partners |
 Jim Denomie, Edward Curtis, Paparazzi |
 Jim Denomie, The Antidote |
 Jim Denomie, Untitled |
 Jim Denomie, Sunrise Rabbit |
 Jim Denomie, Untitled |
 Jim Denomie, Untitled |
Related Materials
- Brochure (PDF file). Written by Susan Power.
- Podcast
- Arts Magazine article
- Press Release
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Related Events
- Opening Reception: Thursday, April 5, from 7 to 9 p.m.
- Artist's Talk: Andrea Carlson, Thursday, April 12, 7 p.m.
- Family Day: Inspiring: Traditional and Contemporary Arts of Native America, Sunday, April 15, 2007.
- Critic's Trialogue, Thursday, May 3, 7 p.m. with Ann Klefstad.
- Artist's Slide Lecture: Jim Denomie, Thursday, May 10, 7 p.m. in the Friends Community Room.
