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© Rose B. Simpson. Courtesy of the artist, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Photo courtesy Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
Artist
Rose B. Simpson(Santa Clara Pueblo/Kha’p’o Owingeh, born 1983)Santa Clara Pueblo/Kha’p’o Owingeh, born 1983
CultureSanta Clara Pueblo (Kha’p’o Owingeh)
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Date2022
MediumClay, steel, grout, steel, and fiber cord
Dimensions64 3/4 × 18 7/8 × 7 7/8 in. (164.5 × 48 × 20 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment
Object number2023.241
Non exposé
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignObject Type
Exhibition History"Rose B. Simpson: The Road Less Traveled." Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, February 23 – April 8, 2023.
Published References Allaire, Christian. "In Her New Show, Indigenous Artist Rose B. Simpson Paves Her Own Path." Vogue, February 23, 2023. (online) https://www.vogue.com/article/rose-b-simpson-artist Art in America, "Watch a Video of Rose B. Simpson Talking About Her Enigmatic Sculptures Now on View in New York." March 16, 2023. (online) https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/interviews/rose-b-simpson-video-interview-1234660928/ Coyne, Lauren Levato. "Rose B. Simpson." Sculpture Magazine, March 16, 2023 (online) https://sculpturemagazine.art/rose-b-simpson/ Yau, Jon. "Rose B. Simpson Embeds Ancestral Histories in Clay." Hyperallergic, March 20, 2023 (online) https://hyperallergic.com/808768/rose-b-simpson-embeds-ancestral-histories-in-clay/ Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Top of steel base is engraved with directional arrows: [upward arrow] between feet; [downward arrow] at back of proper right heel.
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