Desecration #2
Date2017
Maker
John Feodorov
Diné, born 1960
Maker
Tyra Preston
Label Text“The series responds to ongoing environmental threats to traditional Diné lands and communities (including toxic pollution caused from uranium mining, coal burning, and fracking), as well as the exploitation and pollution of indigenous land around the world.” — John Feodorov
Desecration #2 is from the artist’s Desecration series, in which the artist commissions Diné wool rugs and draws on them with acrylic paint, graphite, and conté crayon. The sacred wool rug represents sovereign Diné lands, and the artist’s alteration, the continued environmental threats from governmental and private interests.
Object number2020.2.2
ProvenanceThe artist; purchased from artist by Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2020
Exhibition HistoryLa Conner, Washington, Museum of Northwest Art, In Red Ink,
July 7 - Sept. 23, 2018.
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, YOU ARE ON INDIGENOUS
LAND: places/displaces, Apr. 6, 2019 - June 28, 2020 [on view Apr. 6
- Dec. 2, 2019].
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Our Blue Planet: Global Visions of Water, Mar. 18 - May 30, 2022.Credit LineAncient and Native American Art Acquisition Fund
Dimensions50 1/4 x 44 1/4 in. (127.6 x 112.4 cm)
MediumAcrylic, graphite, and conté on wool rug
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