Among the strongest works in the show are those in which Smith appropriates Western art history to get her activist messages across…In the past, Smith has been criticized for being retardataire in her use of various European and American modernisms – an unfair criticism, considering that the appropriation of Modernist styles is a common denominator of recent post-Modern art. In this show eclecticism and irony are the order of the day, the unmistakable tools of the post-Modernist, and also age old hallmarks of traditional Native American art. Smith continues to straddle the categories of “ethnic” and “Mainstream” , rendering them at least momentarily, obsolete.
ArtForum, January 1993, Jenifer P.Borum
exhibtion at Steinbaum Gallery, NY |
Portrait Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
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