Contemporary Native American Art

       Native American art is typically viewed via a narrow scope or time warp. Pottery, dolls, carvings, blankets, beads, feathers, sand paintings, ritual dancing....Hip Hop, graffiti, filmmaking, Intuit Break Dancing, indigenous-language hip hop and video, Indian bling and urban wear do not make the list. My research on Contemporary Art Practices for the Artistic Development class has been on how the roots of hip hop culture and music have been transformed by indigenous cultures and identities into new forms of visual culture and music that echo the realities of Aboriginal people. Check it out

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