Kathleen Wall (Jemez Pueblo, 20th Century) Whimsical Koshare Clay Mask

Kathleen Wall (Jemez Pueblo, 20th Century) Whimsical Koshare Clay Mask
Hand painted.
Signed on rear.
13x15"

THROUGH CLAY, ARTIST KATHLEEN WALL USES the earth from which her ancestors emerged to document the stories of her Jemez Pueblo community and Indigenous people all across Turtle Island. Wall, whose mother is Jemez and father Chippewa, inherited pottery making from her mother and aunts, learning to make and market storyteller dolls at a young age. “I know my work really pushes the boundaries of Pueblo pottery,” she says, “but I feel as though that’s what I’m grounded in.” During a decades-long career, Wall has developed a whimsical style of figurative forms, such as her koshare (clowns), whose smiling faces reflect her joy as an artist. Wall’s various clay and mixed-media series playfully explore underlying themes of Indigenous life, including food sovereignty, religious freedom, and displacement. The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, in Santa Fe, has named Wall as this year’s Native Treasures Living Treasure and features her work in a new exhibit, A Place in Clay, through May 2022.

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