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Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie

Idelia

Maker

Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie (Diné/Seminole/Muscogee, b. 1954 in Phoenix)

Title

Idelia
from the series Portraits Against Amnesia

Year

1995 (printed 1997)

Medium

  • Dye-sublimation print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Dye-sublimation print

Dimensions

Image: 24.1 x 19.1 cm (9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift from the Roy and Elizabeth Zimmerman Collection

Object Number

2014.43.19

Type

  • Work on Paper

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 19: Many Moons

Approximately thirteen moons ago, I asked myself: Is it possible to live under a lunar calendar?

What would such a life reveal? What happens when you measure life in months instead of years? How would you interface with the databases that underlie digitized capitalism? Where to begin?

One begins with one’s own body, of course. Has science fiction taught us nothing?

—Badly Licked Bear, introduction

 

Manual 19 looks up to the skies to consider astronomy and space travel and ponder broader, more ancient associations, including the night in all its inky glory; tides, time, and calendars; the feminine; reflections and mirrors; love and enduring companionship; and lunacy, strangeness, and magic.

Exhibition History

Heads Up! Recent Gifts to the Collection
Jul 31, 2015 – Jan 10, 2016

Label copy

The subject of this work was borrowed from a found photograph-in this case, a portrait commissioned by the sitter. During the 19th century, Native Americans sometimes hired photographers to produce postcard-sized portraits in which they carefully selected their clothing and pose, comprising a rare opportunity to control the way they were presented and perceived publicly. A member of the Bear and Raccoon Clan of the Seminole and Muskogee Nation, Tsinhnahjinnie felt a deep resonance with their deliberate attempts to commemorate and preserve their native identity. In the series to which this work belongs, she digitally manipulated vintage portraits to add abstract elements and forms that lend a sense of gravity and universality.

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Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie (Diné/Seminole/Muscogee, b. 1954 in Phoenix)
Idelia; from the series Portraits Against Amnesia, 1995 (printed 1997)
Dye-sublimation print
Image: 24.1 x 19.1 cm (9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches)
Gift from the Roy and Elizabeth Zimmerman Collection 2014.43.19

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