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Tradition And Representation In The Work Of Contemporary Native American Art, Florence Romero Aug 2026

Tradition And Representation In The Work Of Contemporary Native American Art, Florence Romero

Summer Research Showcase

This presentation investigates the origins of contemporary Native American art in the mid-to late twentieth century to gain a deeper understanding of the broader contours of the field of contemporary art by Native Americans, to understand some of the key issues that these artists are interested in, and research the work of select contemporary Indigenous artists. Using comparative analysis of six case studies of contemporary Indigenous artists, this presentation will examine how these artists deal with themes of tradition and modernity and respond to how Native Americans have been misrepresented in the past and how these representations have impacted them …


Lost Faith: The Culmination Of Common Thinking, Sierra Kallio Feb 2024

Lost Faith: The Culmination Of Common Thinking, Sierra Kallio

Scholarly Horizons: University of Minnesota, Morris Undergraduate Journal

This article analyzes the painting Ellen Terry and Henry Irving in Abelard and Heloise, Lost Faith (1913), by Henrietta Rae. Through visual analysis, and discussion of the artist, sitters, and subjects, the article looks to explore the dynamics between women in the arts, and their male counterparts.


Altering The Meaning Of Remembrance: The Influence Of Resurgent Nazi Perpetrators On The Jewish Museum Berlin, Zamara Tomko Mar 2022

Altering The Meaning Of Remembrance: The Influence Of Resurgent Nazi Perpetrators On The Jewish Museum Berlin, Zamara Tomko

Scholarly Horizons: University of Minnesota, Morris Undergraduate Journal

This visual exhibit looks at various images of the Jewish Museum Berlin and the effects resurgent neo-Nazis had on its design. After 1989, the building saw alterations to its interpretation and the architect Daniel Libeskind's design due to a lack of funding because of reunification, political power gained by the right-wing parties, and xenophobia towards Jewish people and foreign workers. It evolved from a Cold War project meant to represent Berlin and Berlin Jewish history both distinctly and integrally to a symbol of reunited Germany that showcased the continual and persistent victimization of the Jewish people.