Wendy Red Star
Where They Laid Down Yellow Baskets, 2023
lithograph
22 x 26 inches (unframed); 25 x 29 inches (framed)
AP 3/3, edition 25
SOLD $3,500
This five-color lithograph, produced in collaboration with Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts, is part of Red Star's ongoing series exploring the social and material history of bishkisché. This Apsáalooke term is used to describe heirloom rawhide cases fabricated and decorated by the women of Indigenous tribes throughout North America. Historically referred to as parfleche—a French phrase introduced during the colonial fur trade—in Western European scholarship, Red Star intends for this series to restore the creative lineage and language of her Apsáalooke ancestry.
Raised on the Apsáalooke reservation in Montana, Wendy Red Star’s work is informed both by her cultural heritage and her engagement with many forms of creative expression, including photography, sculpture, video, fiber arts, and performance. An avid researcher of archives and historical narratives, Red Star seeks to incorporate and recast her research, offering new and unexpected perspectives in work that is at once inquisitive, witty, and unsettling. Red Star holds a BFA from Montana State University, Bozeman, and an MFA in sculpture from University of California, Los Angeles. She lives and works in Portland, OR.
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