by: Amanda Lee, Rona Joy
We discussed the historical context in relation to the title of the painting and the subject. We talked about how the painting is called “Bicentennial Indian” even though “Indian” is not the term the Native Americans would have used to describe themselves, therefore the art had to be done by a possibly ignorant Westerner (Fritz Scholder). Additionally, we discussed the painting itself and the subject and his clothing. We did not discuss why Scholder felt the need to paint this subject and portray him in such a way. If we had more time, I would have looked at the surrounding artwork in relation to this painting exhibition to see if there was any connection. If there were any other artwork by Scholder in the museum, we could have seen if he had painted anything similar to this painting we discussed.
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