Book overview
The artist's vision of a vibrant Indigenous future, interpreted through his work
This impressive volume offers a dynamic view of new work by acclaimed artist Cannupa Hanska Luger (b. 1979). Born on the Standing Rock Reservation in South Dakota, Luger is an enrolled member of the Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold and is Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, and Lakota. His deep ties to the northern Plains ground his vision for a vibrant Indigenous future, animated by ceramics, video, and repurposed materials.
Luger's innovative approach engages The Joslyn's renowned collection of watercolors painted by Swiss artist Karl Bodmer during his 1833-34 journey along the Missouri River. Through monumental ceramics, immersive video projections, and life-size bison dancers called Mid