#greggdeal

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‘Rise’ Work by Gregg Deal in Telluride.

[theperplexedpoet]

I so rarely get downtown in #COS these days, so it seemed oddly fortuitous that I would have to go down today and would end up right by this amazing and powerful mural on this day of all days. The same mentality and mindset that drives #ColumbusDay to still be celebrated over the more appropriate and needed #IndigenousPeoplesDay celebrations are the same ones that allow for the massive numbers of missing and murdered indigenous women to proliferate without justice. #MMIW #GreggDeal #TakeBackThePower https://www.instagram.com/p/CU6Ljr8ldiN/?utm_medium=tumblr

[thenextartmovement]

Native 🖼

Gregg Deal is a contemporary artist who was born in Park City, Utah and is now living in Colorado Springs, Colorado. His father is a Caucasian and mother is a Native American, and himself is an enrolled member of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe.

I learned about this artist at the symposium “Appropriation & Appreciation in the Global Art World” held by the Denver Art Museum. Gregg Deal shared his experience of creating artworks, and I was dragged into his performance art project which presents the issue of stereotype.

The Last American Indian On Earth

Photo by Dakota Fine Photo from Gregg Deal

The Last American Indian On Earth is a performance art project started in 2013. The concept of this project is to dress up in the outfit that embodied the indigenous stereotype. The whole outfit is fake and was made in China. Gregg Deal was wearing this outfit and walked on the streets, shopped at the mall, and lined up for buying a cup of coffee at a Starbucks. His wife and friend documented these scene through photographs and videos. He also partnered with a graduate student - Dakota Fine, who was pursuing his master degree. Deal agreed to become his thesis’s subject in exchange for being able to access the photographs he took on him.

Photo by Dakota Fine Photo from Gregg Deal

“The use of art, more specifically performance art, is another step in the dialogue of asserting that identity. In an effort to power ourselves and even more importantly, our children”  -- Gregg Deal

The video is about 21 minutes long and composed of video footages, photographs, and Gregg Deal’s narratives about his thoughts of this project and what he felt when interacting with people. The video documents people’s reactions of seeing him wearing the costume and includes two conversations with two women. The conversations are impressive and embodied many messages correlated with indigenous stereotypes. Another impressive part of the video is his thoughts. As a Native American and an artist, Gregg Deal shared his thoughts about his experiences during this project and addressed what Native Americans are striving for in modern society.

Leave your comments and share your thoughts with us! If you are interested in other contemporary indigenous artists, please don’t miss InezSuen’s blog.

-Regina Huang

Work Cited

Gragg Deal. http://greggdeal.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregg_Deal

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The DAM’s current Artist-in-Residence, Gregg Deal will be debuting a tour de force performance piece entitled “White Indian” at Friday’s Untitled: Family Matters

His three-part performance piece “White Indian” revolves around the issue of blood quantum and how it influences our understanding of identity.

Here’s the breakdown, as recently explained to Native News Online:

Part 1: The White Indian tackles the humor and seriousness of the American sub-culture of White Indians and our understanding of “Indianness.”

Catch Part One at 6:45 pm on Level Two of the Hamilton Building in the Contemporary Western Galleries

Part 2: Indian Pop explores the ways in which popular culture defines Indigeneity and the ways we consume it.

Catch Part Two at 7:30 pm on Level Two of the North Building in the Northwest Coast Galleries

Part 3: Indian Pedigree will center the conversation on how we quantify Indigeneity specifically through Blood Quantum and the views perpetuated by pop-culture.

Catch Part Three at 8:15 pm in the Level Three Atrium of the Hamilton Building**

This is the debut performance of Gregg Deal’s “White Indian” and we couldn’t be more honored to have it happen at Untitled: Family Matters. Be there. You do not want to miss this!

[indigenetart]

Really interesting talk delivered by Gregg Deal, discussing stereotypes and the effect this has on the Indigenous peoples. He goes on to discuss what has informed his artworks, and how he came to find his voice as an artist. He talks about how James Luna showed him the power of performance art, it is a live voice that the viewer has to see and consider in real time. Viewers have to acknowledge and engage with what is in front of them rather than passively look.