09/06/2023
Jeffrey Gibson “ANCESTRAL SUPERBLOOM” is now open at Sikkema Jenkins & Co.! Please join us this evening for an opening reception from 6-8pm.
This body of work sees Gibson, who is a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and of Cherokee descent, further engaging ideas of cultural and q***r identity, authenticity, and artistic referentiality. His practice explores a hybridity of visual languages and creative lineages, challenging mainstream representations of Native American art and underlying essentialist narratives. Traditional methods of patterning, textiles, and beadwork are synthesized with repurposed objects, bold abstraction, and popular literary and musical references, disrupting ideas of Indigenous cultures as singular and fixed in time or place. Addressing the struggles and triumphs of marginalized communities past and present, Gibson’s compositions reflects a vision of radical joy, q***r affirmation, and collective perseverance.
Images: Jeffrey Gibson: “DON’T GIVE UP,” 2023; ANY WHICH WAY WE CAN,” 2023; “THINGS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME,” 2023; "YOUR LOVE WILL BRING ME HOME,” 2023