Synopses & Reviews
What is this place that Americans call the reservation, Canadians call the reserve, and many call the rez? For most contemporary Native people, this negotiated space is, was, or will be home.
Reservation X showcases installations created by seven of North America's foremost Native artists--Mary Longman, of Gordon Indian Reserve, Saskatchewan; Nora Naranjo-Morse, of Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico; Marianne Nicolson, of Kingcome Inlet, British Columbia; Shelley Niro, of Six Nations Reserve, Ontario; Jolene Rickard, of the Tuscarora Nation, New York; Mateo Romero, of Cochitl Pueblo, New Mexico; and C. Maxx Stevens, of the Seminole Nations, Oklahoma. Essays and modern and archival photographs set the installations into a rich variety of personal and political contexts.
Gerald McMaster, Nancy Marie Mithlo, Paul Chaat Smith, and Charlotte Townsend-Gault contribute essays on community and identity that range from art theory to pop culture, from historical analysis to anecdote; they also contribute profiles of the artists. Harry Foster provides photographs of the artists' installations, and the artists themselves comment on their lives, their art, and their communities.
Synopsis
RESERVATION X: THE POWER OF PLACE IN ABORIGINAL CONTEMPORARY ART SHOWCASES INSTALLATIONS CREATED BY SEVEN OF NORTH AMERICA'S FOREMOST NATIVE ARTISTS -- MARY LONGMAN, NORA NARANJO-MORSE, MARIANNE NICOLSON, SHELLEY NIRO, JOLENE RICKARD, MATEO ROMERO, AND C. MAXX STEVENS -- AND ESSAYS BY GERALD MCMASTER, PAUL CHAAT SMITH, NANCY MARIE MITHLO, AND CHARLOTTE TOWNSEND-GAULT.
Reservation X: The Power of Place in Aboriginal Contemporary Art began as a Canadian Museum of Civilization exhibition of installations by seven artists: Mary Longman, of Gordon Indian Reserve, Saskatchewan; Nora Naranjo-Morse, of Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico; Marianne Nicolson, of Kingcome Inlet, British Columbia; Shelley Niro, of Six Nations Reserve, Ontario; Jolene Rickard, of the Tuscarora Nation, New York; Mateo Romero, of Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico; and C. Maxx Stevens, of the Seminole Nation, Oklahoma. In the book Reservation X, text and modern and archival photographs set the installations into a rich variety of personal and political contexts.