THE NATIVE
EYE
THREE ARTISTS’ WORLDVIEWS GAIN EXPRESSION THROUGH SHOWS, SHOES AND SYMBOLS written by Fiona Max
S O M E A R T catches your eye, some demands your attention. Artist Louie Gong wants to reshape the business of Native American art. John Feodorov wants to make people laugh— and then make them think. Lillian Pitt wants to summon ancestral stories, along with a call for fairness, equality and compassion. Though the media through which they tell their stories vary greatly, Feodorov, Gong and Pitt have defined what it means to be a contemporary Native artist, creating space for the generation that follows them.
56 1889 WASHINGTON’S MAGAZINE
AUGUST | SEPTEMBER 2021
