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The series 'Osage Meditations' was conceived on a snowy day in Feb. 2011 when I wrapped myself up in a Pendleton blanket looking at images from the reservation and looking through the old Osage Dictionary my grandmother's (Helen Labadie Jarvis, as is Osage tradition she kept her maiden name as her middle name) uncle (G.V. Labadie) had paid the Smithsonian to reprint and she purchased a copy for my father who has since given it to me.
'Osage Meditations' addresses such issues as "land", the environment, loss of culture and language, sovereignty, representation, and economic development and deals with American Indian art making in a modern, technological era.
This series was first presented at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art as part of Photo Slam 2011 and has since been shown in its entirety in solo exhibits or as selections among group exhibits of American Indian art including 'Indigenous Brilliance' at the Highgate Science & Literary Institute in June of 2012.
Remaining pieces are available for exhibition and sale. They are presented in black wood frames and are 20" x 36", giclee printed on Hahnemulle Etching Paper, and sell for $500 each.
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