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HEARD MUSEUM COURTNEYM. LEONARD ABUNDANCE(SILT) In her ABUNDANCE series, Courtney M. Leonard examines non-animal bodies by exhibiting the lack of their representation in the pieces. The series, part of a larger work titled BREACH, is resultant and in response to environmental pollution of waterways and the impact that has had on the natural world—specifically, the… Continue reading Courtney Leonard | Abundance 3

HEARD MUSEUM COURTNEYM. LEONARD ABUNDANCE(RED ALGAE) In her ABUNDANCE series, Courtney M. Leonard examines non-animal bodies by exhibiting the lack of their representation in the pieces. The series, part of a larger work titled BREACH, is resultant and in response to environmental pollution of waterways and the impact that has had on the natural world—specifically,… Continue reading Courtney Leonard | Abundance 2

HEARD MUSEUM COURTNEYM. LEONARD ABUNDANCE(RUST FOAM) In her ABUNDANCE series, Courtney M. Leonard examines non-animal bodies by exhibiting the lack of their representation in the pieces. The series, part of a larger work titled BREACH, is resultant and in response to environmental pollution of waterways and the impact that has had on the natural world—specifically,… Continue reading Courtney Leonard | Abundance

HEARD MUSEUM HARRYFONSECA FIRE In this 1988 acrylic on canvas, Harry Fonseca depicts Coyote seated at a grand piano with flames emerging from the soundboard. The work is graphic, featuring a black and white checkered floor and a brilliant royal blue background. Coyote, whom Fonseca habitually instrumentalized as a stand-in for himself, plays the piano… Continue reading Harry Fonseca | Fire

HEARD MUSEUM STEVEN J.YAZZIE +WYATT YAZZIE LEGO-TE In Steven J. Yazzie’s 2014 work Gazer, the artist engages with the character of Coyote, who is pictured sitting in a contemporary living room, gazing out the window—where we see another Coyote wandering through the vegetation. In Diné culture, Coyote is thought of as a trickster, and as… Continue reading Steven Yazzie | Lego-te

HEARD MUSEUM STEVEN J.YAZZIE GAZER In Steven J. Yazzie’s 2014 work Gazer, the artist engages with the character of Coyote, who is pictured sitting in a contemporary living room, gazing out the window—where we see another Coyote wandering through the vegetation. In Diné culture, Coyote is thought of as a trickster, and as the artist… Continue reading Steven Yazzie | Gazer

HEARD MUSEUM PAULARASMUSDEDE PEDALING MYINNER CHILD In Paula Rasmus Dede’s sculpture Pedaling My Inner Child, the artist has taken a commercially produced child’s tricycle and adorned it with beadwork, glittering fabric and tassels. The piece is autobiographical for the artist, recalling the memory from her childhood of when she received her first bicycle. “When I… Continue reading Paula Rasmus Dede | Pedaling My Inner Child

HEARD MUSEUM CARAROMERO COYOTE TALESNO. 1 In Coyote Tales No. 1, Cara Romero creates a constructed image in front of the iconic Saints and Sinners bar in Española, New Mexico. The photograph has three figures present: Derek No-Sun Brown, Kaa Folwell and Dina DeVore. Brown is pictured as Coyote, a figure often described as a… Continue reading Cara Romero | Coyote Tales No. 1

HEARD MUSEUM STEVEN J.YAZZIE IT’S ALRIGHT IFIT MAKES YOUFEEL BETTER In this early work by Steven Yazzie, the artist has depicted a quasi-erotic tableau. The two central figures, a woman and a man with a bird’s head, appear partially nude, the man embracing the woman from behind. The woman’s eyes remain closed in the painting,… Continue reading Steven Yazzie | It’s Alright

HEARD MUSEUM EMMIWHITEHORSE THE RULINGHAND Emmi Whitehorse’s abstract mixed-media work The Ruling Hand is an early work in the artist’s career, dating to 1988. The artist recalls this time in her career as “a period when I was casting about for ideas and coming up with nothing. A very hard and helpless place to find… Continue reading Emmi Whitehorse | Ruling Hand