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“… museums render us all nameless and faceless. Museums often name the white man who created the art, but for a lot of indigenous peoples, only their tribe is named. And it’s often not even the tribe that the nation calls itself – it’s always the colonizer’s name of the tribe. This has impacted efforts to make native artwork visible.” — Jodi Archambault
As part of their ongoing series of Met Stories celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in this powerful episode we hear from Jodi Archambault, artist, activist, member of the Hunkpapa and Oglala Lakota tribes, and former advisor to President Obama. Taking even her host to task, Archambault speaks profoundly about the impact of how indigenous people are portrayed in art, and how indigenous art is displayed in museums. Archambault is now one of the first contemporary indigenous artists to be included in the Met’s permanent collection.
From the Met:
As part of The Met’s 150th anniversary, Met Stories is a new video series and year-long social media initiative that shares unexpected and compelling stories gathered from the many people who visit The Met, whether artists, teachers, curators, actors, museum staff, designers, thought-leaders, or public figures.
[In] Episode 3… Jodi Archambault, artist and former policy advisor to President Obama, speaks about how the display of Native American art in museums affects how visible she feels as an Indigenous woman in America.
