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Drawing on Tradition: Kanza Artist Chris Pappan
Drawing on Tradition: Kanza Artist Chris Pappan
Ending January 21, 2019
The Field Museum

Explore 17 original works interspersed throughout the Native North America Hall and house displays from the 1950s. Artist, Chris Pappan, pays homage to the narrative art forms of the Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains and Kaw Nation with drawings, prints and paintings. Pappan’s images are drawn in pencil or painted combing a mix of abstract elements and realistic portraits. His work serves as a commentary on the problematic portrayal of Native Americans as frozen in a timeless past.
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