Dr. Suzanne Newman Fricke

About Dr. Suzanne Newman Fricke

Dr. Suzanne Newman Fricke teaches modern and contemporary art history at the Santa Fe University of Art and Design. In her work as a curator and in her scholarship, she specializes on contemporary Native American art and has published articles on Bob Haozous, Matika Wilbur, and Melanie Yazzie.

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Trade (Gifts for Trading Land with White People), 1992, oil paint and mixed media, collage, objects, canvas, 152.4 x 431.8 cm (Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia) © Jaune Quick-to-See Smith — Smith created this in 1992, responding to the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s arrival in North America.

“That’s the deal you gave us,” trade ...

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Trade (Gifts for Trading Land with White People), 1992, oil paint and mixed media, collage, objects, canvas, 152.4 x 431.8 cm (Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia) © Jaune Quick-to-See Smith — Smith created this in 1992, responding to the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s arrival in North America.

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Trade (Gifts for Trading ...

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Trade (Gifts for Trading Land with White People), 1992, oil paint and mixed media, collage, objects, canvas, 152.4 x 431.8 cm (Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia) © Jaune Quick-to-See Smith — Smith created this in 1992, responding to the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ arrival in North America.

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Trade (Gifts for Trading ...

Julian Martinez, Buffalo Dancers — Martinez’s distinctive style developed from studying Southwestern pottery and Modernist abstraction.

Julian Martinez, Buffalo Dancers

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Trade (Gifts for Trading Land with White People), 1992, oil paint and mixed media, collage, objects, canvas, 152.4 x 431.8 cm (Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia) © Jaune Quick-to-See Smith — Smith created this in 1992, responding to the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ arrival in North America.

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Trade (Gifts for Trading ...

Maria Martinez, Black-on-black ceramic vessel — Faced with mass production, Maria Martinez continued hand-making pottery as art rather than utilitarian vessels.

Puebloan: Maria Martinez, Black-on-black ceramic vessel