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SUMMARY:Jeffrey Gibson: They Teach Love
LOCATION:Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (JSMA) Coeta and Donald Barker Cha
 nging Exhibitions Gallery\, 1430 Johnson Lane\, Eugene\, OR 97403
DESCRIPTION:Jeffrey Gibson: They Teach Love presents a survey of 20 artwor
 ks by Jeffrey Gibson (American\, b. 1972)\, one of today’s foremost conte
 mporary artists\, curated exclusively from the collections of Jordan D. S
 chnitzer and his family foundation. Gibson\, who is of Mississippi Chocta
 w and Cherokee heritage\, combines aspects of Indigenous art and culture 
 with modernist traditions\, navigating and disrupting the expectations pl
 aced upon Native artists working within the contemporary art world. By un
 iting sculpture\, paintings\, prints\, and video with elk hides\, tipi po
 les\, wool blankets\, beadwork\, and fringe\, Gibson celebrates the artis
 try of Indigenous cultures. He adorns and converts utilitarian items (inc
 luding punching bags\, flags\, banners\, and illuminated signs) to art ob
 jects that vibrate with spiritual power\, carrying his belief that object
 s\, and people alike\, have the potential for radical transformation.\n\n
 The exhibition’s centerpiece is an expansive and immersive work titled To
  Name An Other (2019) comprised of 51 screen printed elk hide drums and 5
 0 wearable garments. Originally commissioned as a performance by the Smit
 hsonian’s National Portrait Gallery\, To Name An Other marks a turning po
 int in the artist’s career whereby Gibson has increasingly sought out col
 lective-based projects and performances to activate the communities withi
 n which he works. Collaboration is at the heart of his recent social prac
 tice. Working and learning together may aid in decolonizing minds and ins
 t\n\nhttp://next-to-u.app/events/7bfd5fce-52f1-4b81-8139-27e039231442
URL:http://next-to-u.app/events/7bfd5fce-52f1-4b81-8139-27e039231442
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