tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343580769233686666.post3182338661709989635..comments2024-02-17T00:57:23.092-08:00Comments on Seeing Things: Dances with CubismScott Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01185977061159785550noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343580769233686666.post-90828664817049180492011-03-29T09:49:33.561-07:002011-03-29T09:49:33.561-07:00just reread my post and man it's full of typos...just reread my post and man it's full of typos! I meant to say worth noting, not "nothing" and I need to take out the "was" before people. ugh need to edit these things! sorry.Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343580769233686666.post-79870911390824110522011-03-26T20:53:10.098-07:002011-03-26T20:53:10.098-07:00Spirit Warrior definitely seems to echo Picasso...Spirit Warrior definitely seems to echo Picasso's style; Girl Before a Mirror comes immediately to my mind. Autumn's Wind, for me, seems to move in the direction of Surrealism. I am reminded of both Picasso and Dali works with that one.<br /><br />In any case, I love how they definitely do not "follow the script" as so often expected for American Indian art. Thanks for sharing this!Bill Genereuxhttp://billgx.edublogs.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343580769233686666.post-86410812537754936102011-03-26T13:11:51.159-07:002011-03-26T13:11:51.159-07:00Good point! It would be fun to compare a Howe wor...Good point! It would be fun to compare a Howe work to "Nude Descending a Staircase"! I thought of Oscar Howe as I wrote the piece on Big Bear. I believe his statement about his style being derived from Lakota aesthetics. Big Bear apparently has explicitly stated Cubism as an influence on him, and his use of color and the density of his images are definitely from Howe's.Scott Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01185977061159785550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343580769233686666.post-6481351532281783322011-03-26T13:02:50.194-07:002011-03-26T13:02:50.194-07:00Cool work by Big Bear. I was not aware of this ar...Cool work by Big Bear. I was not aware of this artist before the symposium either. <br /><br />I'm actually in a Native Modern Art class this semester taught by the excellent instructor and curator, Joyce Szabo, and I think it's worth nothing that Lakota painter Oscar Howe whose work was people considered cubist, argued that the style of painting that he did was specifically Lakota. His argument was that he painted in a style that corresponded with a point to point system that was done with prayer and song, similar to Maori ta moko markings on the body. This type of art was done well before cubism. That being said I don't think it's a contest about which came first, but more importantly I think it's interesting that Howe claims his aesthetic is specifically Lakota and not so much influenced by cubism.snapnoreply@blogger.com