tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051438850730284823.post977655648279508295..comments2024-02-18T03:17:06.220-07:00Comments on Ahalenia: Who's on First?ahaleniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16333619966846366243noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051438850730284823.post-47455833448418042962011-01-30T12:56:34.047-07:002011-01-30T12:56:34.047-07:00I look forward to your book!
Dunn did give credi...I look forward to your book! <br /><br />Dunn did give credit where credit was due, and her <i>American Indian Painting</i> mentions many early artists and their accomplishments, including mentioning the Kiowa Five's participation in the 1932 Venice Biennale. <br /><br />I would love to learn more about people like Klah Tso or Apie Begay, who initiated their own artistic practices.ahaleniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16333619966846366243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051438850730284823.post-25024531177453129452011-01-29T17:29:28.990-07:002011-01-29T17:29:28.990-07:00I really appreciate your analysis. It is always da...I really appreciate your analysis. It is always dangerous to say who was first. A co-author and I have recently completed a biography of one of Dorothy Dunn's students from "The Studio" at Santa Fe Indian School, and though we did not claim SFIS was the first, we were focused on the SW--Pueblo and Navajo-- artists and their transition to paint on paper and commercial sales outside their own nations. In that context, several members of Rio Grande Pueblos were indeed pioneers, encouraged as they were by anthropologists. The question of "who is an artist" is different than the question of "who makes a living as an artist," and I think that is where some scholarship gest sloppy.Vera Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04979932693725250068noreply@blogger.com