56 William Shepherd (b. 1943), Red Blanket, 2012. Oil on panel. 91.4 x 139.7 cm. Collection of the artist Photo courtesy of the Tucson Museum of Art. COMMON ELEGANCE Tucson—William “Bill” Shepherd is a Santa Fe-based artist whose work has been widely shown throughout the United States. Though Western in theme, his photorealistic still lifes have broken out of the Western genre to find favor in contemporary art circles. His paintings perpetuate a sense of vibrancy and harmony, making significant statements about contemporary views of the West. The Native American art, Wild West artifact, and Western kitsch themes of his paintings are based on objects in his extensive and remarkable personal collection, rendering his collecting a key part of his art-making process. A number of Shepherd’s original canvases are currently being featured in a show at the Tucson Art Museum, Common Elegance: The Still Life Paintings of William Shepherd, which can be seen there until January 12, 2014. BEFORE AND AFTER THE HORIZON New York City—People have lived in the Great Lakes region for more than 10,000 years, even when its present terrain was forming in the wake of thousands of years of Ice Age glaciation. The early Anishinaabe communities formed close ties with the region’s natural features, places, and resident beings. The continuity of these continue to this day. More recently, the Great Lakes became a “contested space,” where the conflicting ideologies and objectives of the Anishinaabe and newcomers played out in treaties, political conflict, land cessions, and consequent cultural marginalization. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and the Art Gallery of Ontario are together presenting Before and after the Horizon: Anishinaabe Artists of the Great Lakes, the first major museum survey of Native artists from the Great Lakes region. Curated by David Penney, associate director of research at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, and Gerald McMaster (Plains Cree/Siksika First Nation), the exhibition features more than 100 works from prehistory to the present day and will explore the ways many generations of Anishinaabe have expressed their relationships with their homeland. These range from early tools to clothing to weapons to items of ritual life, as well as visual expressions of contemporary artists. This important exhibition presents Anishinaabe stories, histories, and experiences, providing visitors with dynamic indigenous perspectives from the peoples of the Ojibwe (Chippewa), Odawa (Ottawa), and Potawatomi nations. The exhibition will be on view until June 2014 and is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalog. Following the presentation in New York, it will travel to the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, in the heart of the Anishinaabe’s traditional territory. BELOW: Drum. Chippewa. C. 1840. Wood, deer hide, pigment. Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts. Photo: Detroit Institute of Arts, USA; © bridgemanart.com. Image courtesy of the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution. RIGHT: Leggings. Chippewa. C. 1885–1900. Cotton velveteen, polished cotton, glass beads, wool twill. Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts. Photo: Detroit Institute of Arts, USA; © bridgemanart.com. Image courtesy of the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution.
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