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neesh means moon https://www.instagram.com/p/CWb_RuBrrhq/?utm_medium=tumblr

Bambi is Native. I know this because I am Bambi and I am Native. Non-natives may not define Bambi as Native but I do not exist within the construct of Native-ness defined by non-Natives. Princess Leia is Native. I know this because I am Princess Leia and I am Native. Non-natives think of Natives as princesses who chat with bunnies, but not as princesses with the Force. Native future is Native. I know this because I am the future and I am Native. Non-natives may not think of Natives in the future because it is hard to sell art from a vanishing race if they do not actually vanish. -Alica Mteuzi, 2021 #nativepoetry #blackpoetry #poetry #bambi #popchalee #princessleia #nativefuture https://www.instagram.com/p/CV3wv63vL7Y/?utm_medium=tumblr

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center of the universe (at Center of the Universe) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUEfqpnr4gK/?utm_medium=tumblr

blank fascination (at Albuquerque, New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUEfTsHL8Gl/?utm_medium=tumblr

santa fe (at Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA)) https://www.instagram.com/p/CT1QfABr5Pf/?utm_medium=tumblr

“Minuscule.” 120” x 48”. Sculpture comprised of found household materials. July 11, 2020. #sculpture #3d #dvc #foundobjects #animation #motiongraphics https://www.instagram.com/p/CRjlNEYF_8j/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Dyptych. 18”x24” (each). Oil on canvas paper. #oilpainting #portraitpainting #portraitart https://www.instagram.com/p/CRjgpGCr9_2/?utm_medium=tumblr

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“Ama”. 10”x14”. Watercolor and ink on paper. 2021. Alica Mteuzi https://www.instagram.com/p/CQNRSLvruI9/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Ana Flavia Cavalcanti as Rita in Rainha (2016).

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Kaviya Ilango, Indian artist, challenging ‘dirty taboos’ on Instagram. Via BBC.

In an illustration on Instagram, a young woman perched on the arm of a bench can be seen letting out a fart. The Indian artist behind the sketch, Kaviya Ilango, speaks to the BBC’s Krutika Pathi about the “dirty taboos” that inspire her.

“People generally advise you not to air your dirty laundry in public, but I am convinced that art can be a powerful medium for questioning stereotypes,” says Ms Ilango who has garnered attention on the social media platform for her satirical and poignant depictions of what she calls “millennial problems”.

She wants her art to cut through crowded social media feeds. She wants to go beyond their “rose-tinted glasses” - think airbrushed selfies and exotic vacation check-ins - to reach intimate and difficult subjects.

Most of her illustrations feature brown-skinned women with unshaven legs and arms - a deliberate choice to highlight insecurities around body image peddled by the beauty industry and even social media.

In one such sketch, a woman poses while multiple red lines draw attention to various parts of her body - while one of them points to her thighs, the text reads, “Beyonce’s thighs” and is accompanied by a thumbs down emoji.

Howardena Pindell is an American painter and mixed media artist. Her work explores texture, color, structures, and the process of making art; it is often political, addressing the intersecting issues of racism, feminism, violence, slavery, and exploitation.

Born: April 4, 1943 (age 76 years), Philadelphia, PAArt

works: Memory Test: Free, White & Plastic (#114),

Period: Abstract expressionism

Movies: FREE, WHITE AND 21

Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada

Education: Yale School of Art (1965–1967), Boston University, Philadelphia High School For Girls

“I knew it was autobiographical…there’s a black figure pressing its face against the glass, like a shadow. And two hands that represent my own fate….Death is at the centre. Everything revolves around death. In the bottom is a tintype of a woman. It’s no one I know, just something I found. My mother’s mother was white. Irish. And very beautiful. I have a photograph of her in a hat covered in roses. And there’s the same mix on my father’s side. I feel that duality, the black and white." -Betye Saar. Artist’s Stament, 1984

Betye Irene Saar is an African American artist known for her work in the medium of assemblage. Saar has been called "a legend" in the world of contemporary art. She is a visual storyteller and an accomplished printmaker.

Born: July 30, 1926 (age 92 years), Los Angeles, CA

On view: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Detroit Institute of Arts, The Studio Museum in Harlem

Known for: Assemblage

Spouse: Richard Saar (m. 1952–1968)

Education: California State University Long Beach (1958–1962),

Children: Alison Saar, Lezley Saar