Critical Analysis Of 'Not Joseph Beuys Coyote'

Not Joseph Beuys Coyote is a mixed media sculpture created by Jimmie Durham in 1988. The sculpture depicts a coyote skull and rear view mirror on a stick. This sculpture is a response to Joseph Beuys performance called I Like America and America Likes Me. The performance consisted of Beuys living with a coyote for four days in a gallery. Beuys acted as a shaman to the coyote. The goal of Durham’s sculpture, Not Joseph Beuys Coyote, is to use humor in order to reject the typical stereotypes that surrounded Native Americans. The typical stereotype that was displayed in Beuys ' work, and that Durham rejects, is how the coyote is seen as a spiritual being in Native work and also how Native American people are viewed as shamans. This work is similar

Pros of The Studio School include that it allowed people, both men and women, to learn how to draw and paint. The school allowed for more artists to enter the art scene, and were allowed to create work that reflected whatever inspired them. Inspiration came from their heritage or even other pieces of art like pottery, beadwork, or basketwork. Students were not taught and drew and painted with their natural ability. Cons of The Studio School include that it resulted in the same type of style, Studio Style, being represented in numerous pieces of art. While students were able to draw and paint whatever they liked, the school, particularly Dorothy Dunn a teacher at the Studio School, encouraged a two dimensional design resulting in similar pieces of art. Also, a lot of the work depicted similar aspects of Native life such as dancing, ceremonies, and ceremonial figures. The Studio School kept Native art in this stylistic framework for quite some time because some artists never strayed from this style of art. The National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) is a museum in Washington D.C. that was founded in 1989. Like The Studio School, the NMAI also received mixed reviews. Pros of the NMAI include that it allows all Native peoples to have a visual voice. All Native peoples throughout America are represented in the NMAI. People also like the design of the museum itself. It is not like other museums, not only in the design of the building itself, but also the way the pieces of art are displayed. The way the art is displayed is more like Native storytelling. The art is also displayed without any labels identifying what the piece is. Cons of the NMAI include that it is too ambitious and it doesn 't address colonization or the negative aspects of contact. The museum is leaving out part of Native peoples story and how they were impacted by contact with