August 20 - September 25, 2021
RAVEN HALFMOON
HORSE [Di’i’tamah, Issuba, Iichíile]
Hacah’yosha’ (light colored horse | Caddo), 2021
stoneware & glaze | 48 x 68 x 23 inches
Issuba (horse | Choctaw), 2021
stoneware & glaze | 48 x 64 x 23 inches
Hadeh’coosha (dark colored horse | Caddo), 2021
stoneware & glaze | 35 x 58 x 22 inches
Di’i’tamah (horse | Caddo), 2021
stoneware & glaze | 36 x 47 x 23 inches
Iichíile (horse | Crow/Apsaalooké), 2021
stoneware & glaze | 36 x 52 x 20 inches
21st Century American Horse, 2021
stoneware & glaze | 39 x 67 x 28 inches
Untitled (series of 6, edition of 1), 2021
quilted silkscreen | 26 x 19.5 inches
Inspiration for Raven Halfmoon's monolithic sculptures comes from her experiences living as a Native American, woman and a millennial in the current capitalistic, material world.
"I draw influence from my cultural heritage, history & tribal legacy. This is always entangled with the influence of my generation," extrapolates Halfmoon. "Ceramics dates back thousands of years within my tribe, it's an art & tradition that has been revered not only in Caddo culture, but across Indigenous societies since time immemorial. I have a role in a continued cycle of Caddos creating with clay."
Horses & humans share a long and intertwined history & have special significance to Indigenous cultures. The iconography of the horse is used as a metaphor for people; wild and tamed; free and controlled; imperial and submissive. Our histories are told together. Halfmoon examines the importance of our collective heritage, histories, and legacies & how we reckon with the burdens of our time.