James Luna
James Luna (February 9, 1950 – March 4, 2018[1]) was an American performance artist, photographer and multimedia installation artist. His work was best known for challenging the ways in which museum exhibitions depict Native Americans.
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| Born | February 9, 1950 Orange, California, US |
| Died | March 4, 2018 (aged 68) New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Nationality | La Jolla Luiseño-Ipi-Mexican-American |
| Field | Performance, installation |
| Training | BFA University of California, MS San Diego State University, Honorary PhD Institute of American Indian Arts |
| Movement | Indigenous performance art |
| Works | The Artifact Piece (1987/1990), Take A Picture With A Real Indian (1993), Emendatio (2005) |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (2017) |
With themes of multiculturalism, alcoholism, and colonialism, Luna's work was often funny and theatrical in nature. Luna was a full-time artist and in 2017 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.[2]
References
- ↑ Pratt, Stacy. "Noted Indigenous performance artist James Luna walks on". First American Art Magazine. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- ↑ "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation |James Luna". www.gf.org. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
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