Virtual Artist Talk: Michael Namingha (Tewa/Hopi)
Michael Namingha, "Altered Landscape 14", 2022, c-print face mounted to shaped acrylic. On loan courtesy of the artist.
In conjunction with the Zimmerli exhibition Indigenous Identities: Here, Now & Always, Michael Namingha virtually joins us to discuss his artwork “Altered Landscape 14,” and his art-making practices on May 12 at 7pm.
Free & open to the public. You must register in advance for this webinar on Zoom: https://rutgers.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0YJEvunbQM-z-hMO4ycVCA
The series also includes a virtual talk with:
June 9: Cara Romero (Chemehuevi)
Michael Namingha was raised in and currently lives and works in New Mexico. He graduated from Parsons School of Design in New York. Through his photography, Namingha merges realism and abstraction. His two-part Altered Landscapes series documents the fire seasons of 2020 and 2022 in New Mexico. In 2020, the American West experienced one of the worst fire seasons on record with a total of 8 million acres burned and 13,000 buildings destroyed at a cost of $2.7 billion. Our changing climate is leading to the severity of these wildfires, and we, the human race, are contributing to the altering of our landscapes.