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Jeffrey Gibson (Mississippi Band Choctaw/Cherokee), CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF OF YOU, 2015. High fire glazed ceramic, repurposed tipi poles, wool, acrylic paint, wool blanket, glass beads, artificial sinew, copper jingles, and nylon fringe; 72 × 29 × 38 in. Collection of Vicki and Kent Logan. Image courtesy of Jeffrey Gibson Studio and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California. Photograph by Peter Mauney.0
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Roberta Hill on Jeffrey Gibson: Like a Hammer

September 5, 2019 @ 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm
Jeffrey Gibson (Mississippi Band Choctaw/Cherokee), CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF OF YOU, 2015. High fire glazed ceramic, repurposed tipi poles, wool, acrylic paint, wool blanket, glass beads, artificial sinew, copper jingles, and nylon fringe; 72 × 29 × 38 in. Collection of Vicki and Kent Logan. Image courtesy of Jeffrey Gibson Studio and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California. Photograph by Peter Mauney.
Overview

​Through his work, Jeffrey Gibson imagines future possibilities by uniting​ Native American​ traditions​ with modern art, popular culture, and his life experiences. Roberta Hill will discuss ​these ​aspects of Gibson’s work​.​

Roberta Hill is professor of English and American Indian Studies at the UW-Madison, where she teaches courses on twentieth century literature and history; race, gender, class and ethnicity; and American Indian literature, among other subjects. Professor Hill is also a poet of Wisconsin Oneida heritage and author of Star Quilt, Philadelphia Flowers: Poems, and Cicadas: New and Selected Poems​.
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September 5, 2019
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1:00 pm - 1:45 pm
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