Carlson’s motifs celebrate and center indigenous people and spaces, drawing attention to the attempted erasure of indigenous people’s existence and cultural significance.
via Hyperallergic
Motifs from Anishinaabe history and myth percolate in repetition. A migii shell, for example, evokes the historic migration of the Ojibwe. It butts up against a beaded medallion, referencing a beaded necklace created by Native artist Wanis Runningbuffalo, itself a critique of the Venice Biennial Golden Lion award. Paired together, Carlson’s motifs celebrate the spaces Native people create for themselves.
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