The exhibition is presented in three parts. Our use of new and different materials to make things that support ourselves and our communities is the ‘fire’ that continues to break open the static and antiquated ideas regarding who we are and what we are capable of.” “I read ‘fire’ in this quote to describe the innovative making, use of materials, transformative techniques, and survivalist ethic of Indigenous peoples. “When fire is applied to a stone it cracks … describes my interest in providing a different perspective for viewers when looking at historical objects within an institutional setting,” explains Gibson of the exhibition’s title. Resisting the fixed, preconceived notions of any singular Native American identity, Gibson sees himself on a continuum of Indigenous art, a category he regards as contemporary, innovative, and global - a living culture reflected in vibrant communities active across the continent. He often employs traditional Indigenous crafts and techniques, combining textiles, embroidery, and beadwork to create brightly colored paintings, sculptures, and garments.
Gibson was born in Colorado in 1972 and is a multimedia artist whose approach to art-making can be characterized as hybrid and cosmopolitan, informed by his upbringing in the United States, Europe, and Asia.
“With this exhibition in particular, we aim to reflect on the complexities of American history with greater truth and balanced with joy.” “Jeffrey Gibson’s exhibition is a thrilling addition to a season in which the Museum explores and reassesses the dominant narratives in art history, making room to present misrepresented and overlooked voices,” says Anne Pasternak, Shelby White and Leon Levy Director of the Brooklyn Museum. Mellon Senior Curator, Arts of the Americas, and Molly Seegers, Museum Archivist, Brooklyn Museum. On view from Februto January 10, 2021, the exhibition is organized by Jeffrey Gibson and curatorial advisor Christian Ayne Crouch, Associate Professor of History, Bard College, with Eugenie Tsai, John and Barbara Vogelstein Senior Curator, Contemporary Art, and Erika Umali, Assistant Curator of Collections, with support from Nancy Rosoff, Andrew W. The exhibition provides a contemporary mirror through which to reconsider Native American culture and identity. Jeffrey Gibson: When Fire Is Applied to a Stone It Cracks pairs recent works by the artist, including two large-scale murals created specifically for this exhibition, with collection objects such as moccasins, headdresses, ceramics, and beadwork, as well as rarely exhibited materials drawn from the Museum’s Archives and Library Special Collections.
The resulting installation, which spans three galleries in the Arts of the Americas wing, challenges long-held representations that have stereotyped Indigenous peoples and Native American art, thereby offering a more joyous narrative of survival and self-determination. Gibson, an artist of Choctaw and Cherokee descent, spent months diving into and researching the Museum’s collections and archives. 1972) to create an exhibition of Native American objects chosen from the Museum’s extensive collection. More than two years ago, the Brooklyn Museum invited artist Jeffrey Gibson (b.
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