James Luna
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| James Luna | |
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| James Luna in 2011 | |
| 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) |
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.
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 (in en-US). www.gf.org. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
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