Ancestor 7

Sculpture

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North Dakota Museum of Art

Name/Title

Ancestor 7

Entry/Object ID

L2024.01.23

Artwork Details

Medium

Ceramic

Context

This work part of a series. "Rose made these faces [Ancestors 1-7] in 2016 for an installation at the Pomona College Museum of Art titled 'Ground: Rose B. Simpson,' which explored her connection to her ancestors. They shared space with two large post-apocalyptic figures, of which one stood nine feet tall and the other crouched, reaching into the earth with one arm. According to Rose, the installation was about the two large figures being held accountable to the ancestors. 'We are never alone. Our actions are never independent of our community and history.'" Cited from: Simpson, Rose Bean, Porter Swentzell, Yve Chavez, Minesh Bacrania, Addison Doty, and Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian. Lit: The Work of Rose B. Simpson. Santa Fe, NM: Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, 2019.

Made/Created

Artist

Rose B. Simpson

Date made

2016

Dimensions

Height

19-1/2 in

Width

16 in

Depth

7-1/2 in

Exhibition

Icons, Archetypes, and Portraits: From the Mythic to the Everyday