TEXTE ZUR KUNST: COLLECTIVE ACTION AUDRA VERONA LAMBERT ON HOCK E AYE VI EDGAR HEAP OF BIRDS AND KEITH CHRISTENSEN AT OPEN SOURCE GALLERY

AUDRA VERONA LAMBERT
May 26, 2023
Indigenous art often only has a chance to be shown in established galleries if it satisfies a romanticizing interest often held by white audiences. A recent exhibition by Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds in collaboration with Keith Christensen at Open Source Gallery in New York refrained from meeting such interests in favor of advancing a strong political message, as Audra Verona Lambert points out in her review. Drawing attention to the interrelation of imperialistic and capitalist exploitation, to integrated struggles for justice in land and labor, the collaboration of the two artists highlighted the important role Indigenous people have played and continue to play in labor activism. Read more