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.

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

by Dr. Suzanne Newman Fricke

Julian Martinez, Buffalo Dancers

by Dr. Suzanne Newman Fricke

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.

Trade myths and native land

by Dr. Suzanne Newman Fricke

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

by Dr. Suzanne Newman Fricke

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 ...
by Dr. Suzanne Newman Fricke

Martinez’s distinctive style developed from studying Southwestern pottery and Modernist abstraction.

Julian Martinez, Buffalo Dancers
by Dr. Suzanne Newman Fricke

Faced with mass production, Maria Martinez continued hand-making pottery as art rather than utilitarian vessels.

Puebloan: Maria Martinez, Black-on-black ceramic vessel
by Dr. Suzanne Newman Fricke

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inspired by Malian and Western traditions

Malick Sidibé, Back View (2003)