August Encampment
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Painter and printmaker Quick-to-See Smith engages Native American history and identity in her work, often incorporating imagery drawn from contemporary American popular culture. This quasi-abstract painting is a reflection on the artist’s revitalizing reunions with family at a summer encampment at Badger Creek, outside Browning, Montana, at the ranch of George "G. G." Kipp, a well-known medicine person. Quick-to-See Smith has explained, "We lived in tipis, cooked outdoors and participated in ceremonies. It was a great social gathering of Blackfeet and families married into Blackfeet, all sharing news of Indian country, cooking together, sharing food, talking about Indian history, Indian politics and Indian survival." She notes that the ideograms appearing in August Encampment function like mnemonic devices, visualized recollections of encampment experiences and activities.
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