Being Seen: Power Through Diversity
Online Exhibition | September 20, 2020
Curator's Statement
We as individuals are more alike than not, yet cultural and community silos keep many people separate and isolated. Today’s technology and infotainment systems celebrate inclusion and at the same time further divide us.
There are racial and cultural divisions in our world that fuel the fear and hatred of others. Instead of promoting xenophobia, Being Seen: Power Through Diversity promotes learning about and celebrating cultural differences, to overcome the barriers that causes us to demonizing others.
Sixty-six works from two collections housed at UA Little Rock make up this virtual exhibition. A concentrated effort has been made to diversify the UA Little Rock Permanent Art Collection by expanding the voices represented to include more Women, Black, Latin X, LGBTQ, Western and South East Asia, and African artists. The J. W. Wiggins Native American Collection is a vast representation of the indigenous artists working in North America.
Artists are addressing systemic racism and institutional and community biases. They acknowledge the pain and suffering of marginalized people. In a time of unrest there is urgency in their messaging, a call to dismantle pervasive racial, gender and identity disparities, inequities, and injustices requiring persistent and immediate actions.
To be seen, to be included, to see a reflection of ones self is powerful and empowering. Meditate on an image. Engage with a composition; investigate the signs and symbols represented. Research an artist and learn about their studio practice. This is when we use technology in our favor.
Brad Cushman, Gallery Director and Curator
Gallery Guide
We have assembled a guide further exploring several of the pieces. There are links to the guide at the relevant pieces below, or you can explore the guide here.
Black America
Ariston Jacks
American (Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 1973 -)
LOST GATE – (Lineage of Supreme Triumph) (Generational Ascension Through Excellence) (2019)
76” X 39”
Edition: 4/5
oil based relief ink, Japanese paper, from carved mahogany wood panel
Printer/Publisher: Big INK (New Hampshire)
UA Little Rock PC 2020.002
David Clemons
American (El Paso, Texas, 1973 -)
Chitlin Service (2010)
dimensions variable
Sterling silver, mild steel, pewter, hickory,
ceramic figures, installation
UA Little Rock PC 2017.005
Delita Martin
American (Conroe, Texas, 1972 -)
Standing in the Night (2013)
69″ x 52 1/8″
Mixed media on paper
Image Courtesy of the Artist
UA Little Rock PC 2014.015
Deborah Roberts
American (Austin, Texas 1962-)
False Impressions (Serie Project XIII) (2006)
14 ½” x 21”
screenprint
Edition: 44/50
Printer/Publisher: Coronado Studios, Austin, Texas UA Little
UA Little Rock PC 2011.004.207
Alfred Conteh
American (Fort Valley, Georgia, 1975 -)
Will (2017)
40” x 26”
charcoal, acrylic and atomized bronze dust on paper
UA Little Rock PC 2018.019
Alex Leme
Brazilian (Sao Paolo, Brazil, 1978-)
Peeking (2010)
16″ x 20″
digital pigment print
UA Little Rock PC 2013.008
Labor and Social Justice
Joe Jones
American (1909 – 1963)
The Struggle in the South (1935)
dimensions variable
Commonwealth College Mural, Mena, Arkansas
tempera on Masonite
Located at UA Little Rock Downtown Campus
Donald Van Horn
American (Lincoln, Nebraska, 1952 -)
Have and Have Nots, the Gap Widens (1990)
14″ x 40″ x 54″
wood, paint
Gift of the Artist
UA Little Rock PC 1992.013
Luis Jimenez
American (El Paso, Texas, 1940 – 2006, Hondo, New Mexico)
The Mass of Mankind (1992)
15 3/8″ x 20″
four color serigraph
Edition: 20/100
Publisher: Alliance Graphics
Printer: Joe Sances
UA Little Rock PC 1993.048.05
Jaune Quick-To-See-Smith
American (St. Ignatius, Montana, 1940 -)
Ode to Chief Seattle (State II), (1991)
19 ¾” x 27”
lithograph
Edition 28/35
Printed by Michael Sims at Lawrence Lithography Workshop
UA Little Rock Friends of the Arts Special Acquisition Fund
UA Little Rock PC 1997.002
Seth Gould
American (Harwich, Massachusetts, 1986 -)
Chasing Hammer No. 2 (2014)
22 1/4″ x 21 7/8″
fabricated steel and ash
Commissioned
UA Little Rock PC 2014.014
Ester Hernandez
American (Dinuba, California, 1944 -)
Sun Raid (2008)
20” x 15”
screenprint
Edition: 18/50
Printer/Publisher: Coronado Studios, Austin, Texas
UA Little Rock PC 2011.004.232
Benny Gool
South Africa
Nelson Madela (Get Your ID Register to Vote), (cir. 1994-98)
40” x 60”
chromogenic
photograph mounted on aluminum with plexi-glass fronts
Gift of Jeff Jaffe, Pop International Galleries, Inc.
UA Little Rock PC 2017.036
Gender and LGBTQ Identity
Marianela de la Hoz
Mexican (Mexico City, Mexico, 1956 -)
Your Reflection Into Mine (2014)
10” x 12”
egg tempera on board
Image Courtesy of the Artist
UA Little Rock PC 2015.012
Elizabeth Brim
American (Columbus, Georgia, 1951-)
Gothic Pillow (2013)
3 5/8″ x 13 1/4″ x 11 3/4″ irr.
etched, fabricated, inflated steel
UA Little Rock PC 2013.019
Thom Hall
American (Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1948 -)
Sylvia Moskowitz with Pink Breast (2003)
29 1/2″ x 22 1/2″
watercolor crayon, gesso, gouache on paper
UA Little Rock PC 2006.012
Yasumasa Morimura
Japanese (Ōsaka, Japan, 1951-)
Aimai-No-Bi (Ambiguous Beauty) (1995)
Fan (variable): 11 ½”h x 19 ½”w x 1”d (when open), box: 12 ¾”h x 2 5/8”w x 1 3/8”d
paper and bamboo fan in wooden box
Norton Family Gift, Christmas 1995
UA Little Rock PC 2000.036
Katherine Strause
American (Independence, Missouri, 1959 -)
Corri, (2005) 7 9/16″ x 5 3/8″
gouache on paper 7 9/16″ x 5 3/8″
UA Little Rock Representational Painter in Residence (2003 – 2006)
UA Little Rock PC 2006.002
Watch an episode of Inside Art with Brad Cushman featuring the artist here.
LinDa Saphan
Cambodian (Phnom Penh, Cambodia) (b. 1975)
Second Incognito Series: #30 (2008)
22 ¾” x 20 7/8”
ink on rice paper
Gift of Pierrette Van Cleve
UA Little Rock PC 2018.027
Latin X
Hugo Crosthwaite
Mexican (Tijuana, Mexico, 1971 -)
Tijuanerias #56 (2011)
8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″
graphite, charcoal, black gesso on paper
UA Little Rock PC 2013.014
Einar and Jamex de la Torre
Mexican (Guadalajara, Mexico, 1963 -); Mexican (Guadalajara,
Mexico, 1960 -)
Carolina (2012)
26” x 11” x 11”
Blown glass and mixed media
UA Little Rock PC 2013.026
Delilah Montoya
American (Fort Worth, Texas, 1955 -)
Smile Now, Cry Later (2008)
(Serie Project XV, 2008)
16” x 19”
silkscreen
Edition: 30/46
Publisher/Printer: Coronodo Studios, Austin, Texas
UA Little Rock PC 2011.004.231
Alice Leora Briggs
American (Borger, Texas, 1953 -)
Resulto (2007)
10 7/8″ x 13 7/8″
sgraffito drawing on clayboard
UA Little Rock PC 2013.013
Europe
Anaïs Dassé
French (Bayonne, France, 1988 -)
Kids Are Terrible People Too (2015)
45” x 61”
gesso, charcoal, pencil, oil and collagedia
UA Little Rock PC 2013.013
Southwestern and South East Asia
Shahzia Sikander
Pakistani (Lahore, Pakistan, 1969 -)
Entangled (No Parking Anytime) (2001)
10″ x 7 1/2″
Photogravure and soft ground etching
Edition: 6/25
Publisher: Crown Point Press
Printer: Rachel Fuller, assisted by Dena Schuckit and Case Hudson
Middle Eastern Studies Program Purchase
UA Little Rock PC 2002.026.B
Zina Al-Shukri
Iraqi (Baghdad, Iraq, 1978 -)
The Sweet Heart Never Shuts Up (2012)
29 15/16″ x 21 7/8″
acrylic and oil on paper
UA Little Rock PC 2014.016
Oeur Sokuntevy
Cambodian (1983 -)
Generations 1 (2012)
59” x 39”
acrylic on canvas
Gift of Pierrette Van Cleve
UA Little Rock PC 2018.037
Phan Thanh Minh
Vietnamese (1976 -)
Crowd of People (2009)
39” x 39”
oil on canvas
Gift of Pierrette Van Cleve
UA Little Rock PC 2018.059
Liu Yan
Chinese (1965-)
Gentle Enticement (Dreamland Series) (2011)
25 5/8” x 15 3/8”
Chinese ink and color on Japanese cardboard
Gift of Pierrette Van Cleve
UA Little Rock PC 2018.048
Amy Lee Sanford
Cambodian (Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 1972 -)
Full Cirlce: Pot No. 20 (2012)
dimensions variable
clay pot, string
Gift of Pierrette Van Cleve
UA Little Rock PC 2018.025
J. W. Wiggins’
Native American Collection
Calling the Animals
Luke Anguhadluq
Artic (Baker Lake Inuit) (1895 – 1982)
Calling the Animals Together (1980)
22” x 30”
stencil 35/50
JWW1995.021
Goyce Kakegamic
Canadian Woodlands (Cree)
Deer Antler Low Relief Carving with Paint (2005)
14” x 19” x 6”
moose antler, paint
JWW2007.209
Ahmoo Angeconeb
(Canadian Woodlands) (Ojibwa) (1955 – 2017)
Meskwabek and the Mermen (1997)
11 ⅛” x 71” x ¾”
acrylic on pine board
JWW2000.005
Rick Bartow
Southwest and California (Yurok) (1946 – 2016)
Dark Crow (2000)
15” x 11”
drypoint
Edition: 2/9
JWW2001.045
Roger Aksadjuak
Arctic (Rankin Inlet Inuit) (1972 -)
Bear Transformation to Man Carrying Young (2008)
12” x 13” x 5”
lowfired clay
JWW2008.266
Murv Jacob
Oklahoma (Cherokee) (1945 – 2019)
Jacob Dances with the Ancient Ones (2003)
14 ⅝” x 21”
ink on paper
JWW2003.013
Joan Hill
Oklahoma (Muscogee (Creek), Cherokee) (1930 – 2020)
Offering for the Abundance of the Earth (2005)
32” x 30”
acrylic on canvas
JWW2005.114
Identity
Arthur D. Amiotte
(Northern Plains) (Oglala Lakota) (1942 -)
The Reunion (1994)
17” x 23”
mixed media collage
JWW1996.033
Norma Howard
(Oklahoma) (Choctaw) (1958 -)
Jump Dance (1996)
11” x 15”
watercolor on paper
JWW1996.022
Ruthe Blalock Jones
(Oklahoma) (Delaware/Shawnee/Peoria) (1939 -)
Shaw Dancers (2004)
24″ X 18″
acrylic on canvas
JWW2004.050
Benjamin Harjo Jr.
(Oklahoma) (Seminole, Shawnee) (1945 -)
A Slice of Imagination (2007)
14” x 20“
acrylic on paper
JWW2007.053
Blake Debassige
(Canadian Woodlands) ( Ojibwa) (1956 -)
The Twins of the Self (1983)
23” x 19”
etching 18/72
JWW1988.17
Ronald Anderson
(Oklahoma) (Choctaw) (1938 -)
You Can See What I Look Like Through the Door, but You’ve Got to Come in to See What I Think Like (2008)
50” x 64”
acrylic on canvas
JWW2008.262
Kay Walkingstick
(Oklahoma) (Cherokee) (1935 -)
So You’re an Indian? (1995)
30” x 43”
lithograph 31/50
JWW2007.056
Silvester Hustito
(Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico)
Weeping Zuni Woman (2017)
40” x 40 “ x 2”
acrylic on canvas
JWW 2018
Keith Braveheart
(Northern Plains) (Oglala Lakota) (1983 -)
Maybe There is a Solution to Racism (Papoose Portrait) (2009)
30” x 22”
acrylic on paper
JWW2009.141
https://www.keithbraveheart.com/
M. Scott George
(Oklahoma) (Osage)
WA-TI-N-KA (2002)
28” x 13 ½”
tempra on matboard
JWWJTM2013.01
Cultural Appropriations
Roy Boney Jr.
(Oklahoma) (Cherokee) (1978 -)
Cherokee Punk Rock (2007)
26” x 20”
ink on paper
JWW2007.260
Douglas Miles
(Southwest and California) (1963 -) (San Carlos Apache)
Apache Warrior Skateboard (2005)
7” x 31”
silkscreen on maple plywood
JWW2005.120
Douglas Miles
(Southwest and California) (San Carlos Apache) (1963 -)
Apache Rain, Douglas Miles and the Revolution (2007)
12 ⅜” x 12 ⅜”
mixed media
JWW2008.003
War and Politics
Cyril Assiniboine
(Contemporary Canada) (Saulteau) (1959 -)
untitled (Warrior in Red) (1982)
22” x 28”
acrylic on canvas
JWW2008.136
Joan Hill
(Oklahoma) (Creek, Cherokee) (1930 – 2020)
Wars and Rumors of War (1973)
40″ X 30″
acrylic on canvas
WW2005.049
Carl Beam
(Oklahoma) (Ojibwa) (1943 -)
VIII (n.d)
15” x 11”
serigraph 71/300
JWW2006.100
Marty Two Bulls Jr.
(Northern Plains) (Oglala Lakota)
WWI Tank & Turtles (2008)
9” x 10”
ink monoprint
JWW2008.15
William Wilson
(Canadian Woodlands) (Ojibwa)
Mikinooko Onini (Snapping Turtle Man) (2007)
17” x 14”
art marker on paper
JWW2008.09
Anita Caldwell Jackson
(Oklahoma) (Echota Cherokee) (1951 – )
Civilization ? (2007)
24” x 18”
acrylic on canvas
JWW2007.157
Robert L. Taylor
(Oklahoma) (Blackfeet, Cherokee)
There is no “Civil” in War (2009)
24” x 10”
acrylic on canvas
JWW2009.090
Jim Yellowhawk
(Northern Plains) (Cheyenne River Lakota)
(1958 -)
Photographing the Delegates (2008)
21” x 12” x 18”
ledger paper; colored pencils; photographs; stereographs; antique stereoscope; leather; wood
JWW2008.232
Dwayne C. Wilcox
(Northern Plains) (Oglala Lakota)
Chief Warren Slay, Brigadier General Brannon, and Me (2001)
13 ⅜” x 7”
acrylic on ledger paper
JWW2002.040
Gelineau Fisher
(Canadian Woodlands) (Cree) (1951 -)
Peace Loon (1984)
9” x 11”
acrylic on paper
JWW1985.06
Functional Objects
Norma Adams
(Northwest) (Haida)
Cedar Bark Basket (1984)
7” x 4”
cedar bark
JWW1985.24
Kelly Church
(Great Lakes) (Grand Traverse Ottawa and Chippewa, Ojibwa) (1967 -)
Black Ash Woven Turtle Bracelet (2003)
1” x 7”
black ash strips over metal band
JWW2003.061
Molly Murphy
(Northern Plains) (Pine Ridge Oglala Lakota) (1977 -)
Tulip Reticule (2007)
7” x 4” x 4”
beads, wool, crystals, ribbon
JWW2007.024
Nancy Enkey
(Oklahoma) (Cherokee)
Fire Pot (2006)
8” x 11” clay
JWW2007.299
Veronica Gaston
(Cherokee)
Nightfall Reflectors (2007)
13” x 14” clay
JWW2007.300
Sean Grayson
(Cherokee)
Old-style, Cherokee Stamped Bowl (2004)
5” x 2”
clay
JWW2004.025