Art – Vizenor

Essays by Gerald Vizenor

Rick Bartow: Maestro of Totemic Liberty
First written for an exhibition of Rick Bartow’s work planned for August, 2016, at the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts in Santa Fe.

Bradlian Baroque: The Narrative Art of David Bradley
Written for the catalog for David Bradley: Restless Native, the Journey, exhibited January 23–May 10, 2009, at the Nicolaysen Art Museum & Discovery Center in Casper, Wyoming.

George Morrison: Anishinaabe Expressionist Artist

These exhibit catalog published by NMAI feature writing on George Morrison by Gerald Vizenor.

Covers featuring the artwork of Rick Bartow

Cover of Gerald Vizor's "Treaty Shirts" — Cover Art: Rick Bartow, Voices II (2015). Acrylic on canvas.

Cover of Gerald Vizenor's "Blue Ravens" — Cover Art: Rick Bartow, Raven’s Dream (2012). Pastel on paper.

Cover Art: Rick Bartow, Crow’s Mortality Tale (2001). Pastel on paper.

Cover Art: Rick Bartow, Driving Lesson (2010). Acrylic on panel.

A painting by contemporary French painter Pierre Cayol, Le Début et la Fin, graces the cover of Shrouds of White Earth. Cayol also contributed original drawings. One of which is pictured here. Vizenor and Cayol also collaborated on an art book, Calm in the storm / Accalmie.

Shrouds of White Earth, with cover art and original illustrations by by Pierre Cayol.

Karen Lohman provided illustrations for Bearheart: The Heirship Chronicles, as well as for Landfill Meditations: Crossblood Stories and The Heirs of Columbus, pictured here.

LohmanCovers

The mechanical, film, and finished jacket for Landfill Meditations: Crossblood Stories, published in 1991.