Wisdom/Knowledge, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith; Michael Sims; Zanatta Editions

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Jaune Quick-to-See Smith; Michael Sims; Zanatta Editions, Wisdom/Knowledge
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith; Michael Sims; Zanatta Editions, Wisdom/Knowledge
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith , Michael Sims
Wisdom/Knowledge
1996
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
Cultural affiliations: Enrolled Salish, member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation of Montana, Cree, Salish, Shoshone, Interior Salish, Flathead
1940–2025
Michael Sims
born 1944
Wisdom/Knowledge, 1996
Portfolio/Series title: Survival
Where object was made: Lawrence, Kansas, United States
Material/technique: color lithograph; chine collé
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 862 x 629 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 862 x 629 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 33 15/16 x 24 3/4 in
Frame Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 40 1/4 x 32 1/2 x 1 in
Weight (Weight): 13 lbs
Credit line: Museum purchase
Accession number: 1996.0011.03
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Conflicting Memories," Oct-2003, Steve Goddard “My art, my life experience, and my tribal ties are totally enmeshed,” she says. “I go from one community with messages to the other, and I try to enlighten people.” Jaune Quick-To-See Smith’s Survival Series transforms traditional wisdom into a graphic re-telling of survival secrets. Images and the ironic use of language flip stereotypes, incorporating humor while exposing differences and oppositions in belief systems, symbols, and cultural references. Reversals like the small train chasing a group of native riders on horseback next to the text "Get your reservations now," or "Coyote made me do it," turn history on its head. Difference survives through memory as conveyed by, Nature/Medicine, Tribe/Community, Wisdom/Knowledge and Humor.