"Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian" Talk
Museum of Arts & Design
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Leading art historians will discuss the controversial career of Fritz Scholder (Luiseño, 1937-2005). Scholder, the subject of a two-city exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, was best known for his revolutionary paintings of American Indians. Participants will include Robert Hobbs, Virginia Commonwealth University; Robert Houle, artist and curator; Truman T. Lowe, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jolene Rickard, Cornell University; Aleta Ringlero, Arizona State University; Katy Siegel, Hunter College; and Paul Chaat Smith, National Museum of the American Indian. The discussion will be moderated by Lowery Stokes Sims, Museum of Arts and Design. The discussion which will be followed by a book signing of the recent publication "Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian."
[Image: Fritz Scholder "Four Indian Riders" (1967) Collection of Mr. and Mrs. William Metcalf, Photo by Walter Larrimore, NMAI]
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May 09, 2009 from 14:00 to 16:00