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@doktrock@toad.social
2025-08-13 15:28:03

David Bradley, #Minnesota Chippewa, at The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) #SantaFe #NewMexico. Part of the exhibition "Reservation for Irony: Native Wit and Contemporary Realities." Check it out …

David Bradley (Minnesota Chippewa) Black Hills Gold Certificate Text courtesy of the ICA Santa Fe: "Black Hills Gold Certificate reimagines a U.S. dollar bill as a vivid commentary on Native American history and the exploitation of the Black Hills. "One Dollar" becomes "One Indian," George Washington is replaced by Sitting Bull, and bags of gold and animal skulls evoke the violent dispossession of Native lands."
David Bradley (Minnesota Chippewa) Land O' Bucks Revisited, 1990-92 Text courtesy of the ICA Santa Fe: "David Bradley's satirical painting transforms the familiar Land O'Lakes butter image into a biting commentary on cultural appropriation. A kneeling woman appears to embody Native tradition, yet her blue eyes, dirty-blond hair, and painted-on tan expose her as an Anglo impersonating a romanticized, sexualized stereotype. Teepees, adobes, a Ferris wheel, and a "Big Chief" hotel form a backdrop…
Announcement for Reservation for Irony Native Wit and Contemporary Realities August 9-30, 2025
@doktrock@toad.social
2025-08-08 15:15:33

Touring northern #NewMexico with a 1982 Highway Geologic Map I found in the archives, and Halka Chronic's Roadside #Geology. Happy to see Precambrian outcrop! #Taos

Portion of a geologic map and the cover of a book
Google Earth view of a portion of northern New Mexico, looking east across Taos, Questa, and Wheeler Peak