LIT: The Work of Rose B. Simpson
Exhibition Dates
LIT: The Work of Rose B. Simpson was the first major solo exhibition to highlight the artistic career of mixed-media artist Rose B. Simpson (born 1983), who is descended from the pueblo of Santa Clara.
The show featured new and retrospective work including life-size clay and mixed-media sculptures, clay faces, and monumental figures. The daughter of renowned sculptor Roxanne Swentzell (Santa Clara Pueblo) and metal artist Patrick Simpson, Simpson used the traditional medium of clay, combined with welded steel and leather.
The exhibition illuminated the self-reflective nature of Simpson’s powerful sculptures: a range of self-portraits that represent the artist at important stages in her life, including her most recent step into motherhood.
Documentary photos of Simpson working in her studio accompanied a video made especially for the exhibition to underscore Simpson’s accomplishments across artistic media. An illustrated catalog of the exhibition with essays by Native American scholars is available at the Case Trading Post.
Previously On View
January 11, 1987 – February 21, 1987
Women of Sweetgrass, Cedar, and Sage: Contemporary Art by Native American Women
The Native American Arts and Service Organization sponsored traveling exhibit, Women of Sweetgrass, Cedar, and Sage-Contemporary Art by Native American Women.
The exhibition focused on Hopi weaver, Ramona Sakiestewa’s work and included traditional, contemporary, and commissioned pieces.
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