Grounded in a celebration of Lakota art forms, visual motifs, and value systems, White Hawk’s work challenges prevailing narratives and histories of abstraction and amplifies the influence of Indigenous cultural production on modern and contemporary art. The most comprehensive assessment of White Hawk’s work to date, the survey will unfold in a loose chronology through the interconnected themes see, honor, nurture and celebrate, chosen by the artist to underscore Indigenous value systems. White Hawk’s first major monograph will be published on the occasion of the exhibition and will be designed in close collaboration with the artist. It will offer new scholarship that provides a deeper assessment of her practice through commissioned essays, a roundtable discussion with Native scholars and artists as well as contributions from the co-curators.
Dyani White Hawk: Love Language
- Institution
- Walker Art Center
- Grant Cycle
- Fall 2024
- Amount
- $100,000
- Type of Grant
- Exhibition Support
Dyani White Hawk: Love Language, installation view. Photo by Eric Mueller,
Dyani White Hawk, Been Seeing You for a While Now, 2011. Courtesy the artist
Dyani White Hawk, grassesgrassesgrasses, 2023. Courtesy the artist
Dyani White Hawk: Love Language, installation view. Photo by Eric Mueller.
Dyani White Hawk (Sičáŋǧu Lakota), Walk With Me, 2024. Courtesy the artist. Photo by Rik Sferra
Dyani White Hawk: Love Language, installation view. Photo by Eric Mueller,
Dyani White Hawk, Wókaǧe | Create from the Takes Care of Them suite, 2019. Courtesy the artist
Dyani White Hawk, Carry II, 2019. Courtesy the artist
Dyani White Hawk: Love Language, installation view. Photo by Eric Mueller.
Dyani White Hawk (Sičáŋǧu Lakota), Visiting, 2024. © Dyani White Hawk, courtesy of the artist and Bockley Gallery. Photo by Rik Sferra
Dyani White Hawk (Sičáŋǧu Lakota), Visiting, 2024. © Dyani White Hawk, courtesy of the artist and Bockley Gallery. Photo by Rik Sferra
1977
Thomas Ammann Fine Art initiates the ongoing Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné: Paintings, Sculptures, and Drawings project.