The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

Dyani White Hawk: Love Languages

Institution
Walker Art Center
Grant Cycle
Fall 2024
Amount
$100,000
Type of Grant
Exhibition Support
Website
walkerart.org/dyani-white-hawk-love-language ↗
a large square painting with dark blue and white stripes in the background, and two large pink shapes in the foreground. The pink shapes recall moccasins vamps, their edges are lined in short white vertical lines. At the center of each overlapping vamp are rectangles of black and white stripes.
Dyani White Hawk, Been Seeing You for a While Now, 2011. Courtesy the artist
a square painting made of two rows of isosceles triangles which meet to form hourglass shapes. The triangles are outlined in gold, and enclose two tones of green. There are also areas of black and white.
Dyani White Hawk, grassesgrassesgrasses, 2023. Courtesy the artist
a large multicolored geometric abstract painting in black as well as shades of purple, yellow, blue, and gold
Dyani White Hawk (Sičáŋǧu Lakota), Walk With Me, 2024. Courtesy the artist. Photo by Rik Sferra
a print on paper of a vertical trapezoid that is primarily yellow with purple, blue, and red stripes on the lower section of the shape. There are also curved white cross shapes on the lower section. On the upper part of the print the trapezoid has concentric curved rows of short lines in different shades of white and grey
Dyani White Hawk, Wókaǧe | Create from the Takes Care of Them suite, 2019. Courtesy the artist
at the upper center of the image a copper bucket and ladle covered in black and blue beadwork are visible, from the bases of the bucket is a cascade of cream colored buckskin fringe which runs vertically onto a white circular platform base. The fringe radiates outwards in squiggling directions from the center
Dyani White Hawk, Carry II, 2019. Courtesy the artist
A close up on a patchwork of beaded panels. Each is sewn into different geometric patterns, many are highly reflective
Dyani White Hawk (Sičáŋǧu Lakota), Visiting, 2024. © Dyani White Hawk, courtesy of the artist and Bockley Gallery. Photo by Rik Sferra
A large columnar sculpture made up of a patchwork of beaded panels. Each is sewn into different geometric patterns, many are highly reflective
Dyani White Hawk (Sičáŋǧu Lakota), Visiting, 2024. © Dyani White Hawk, courtesy of the artist and Bockley Gallery. Photo by Rik Sferra

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.

“Our granting program recognizes the equal importance of small, community-oriented spaces, major museums, and everything in between. Together, and with the foundation’s support, they work to collectively amplify the voices and visions of artists, which deepens and diversifies the national cultural discourse.”

Joel Wachs, President