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Volume XIII, No. 3 April 2001 Session Title: Native American Artist Collaborations In 1991, reviewing Team Spirit, an exhibition featuring twenty-six artistsí teams, art critic Helen Cullinan noted the “vogue for artist collaborations” as one of the “new facets of contemporary art.“* The twentieth century saw the solitary life of the artist challenged by increasingly complex technology and the popularity of theatrical art forms such as performance art. These new artistic venues, which often require specialized expertise, have encouraged artists to work together. Cullinanís statement is of interest given the western worldís long preoccupation with unique artistic creativity. For this session I invite papers on Native American artist collaborations. Collaboration is here defined as two or more artists (at least one of whom is Native American) working together in more or less equal roles to produce a work or a body of works. I am not interested in teacher/student relationships or apprenticeships (although the 1999 publicity concerning Bill Reid could be explored). Participants should address the following: 1) is collaborative art seen differently by the artists you are considering, compared with artists of other backgrounds? Because many “traditional” Native American art forms were (or are) collaborative (for example, kiva mural paintings, drypaintings) 2) are Native American efforts in artist partnerings, therefore, different from those of mainstream culture artists? * Helen Cullinan “Partnering for Artsy Mimickry: 26 Teams on a Romp Through Multiple Authorship”, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio, 2/23/91. Submit abstracts for this session by May 15th directly to: Zena Pearlstone |