"The Opposite of War isn't Peace...It's Creation."

J. Slater Contemporary Artist- Chicago IL., New York, NY.
-Graduate of (SAIC) School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

The Shirt by Shelley Niro, 2003.

Niro’s work consists of a connecting series of photographs that should be read together as a whole narrative. The images are set in a pastoral landscape, and each subsequent photograph offers an increasingly incisive statement on the colonization of the land that once belonged to aboriginal peoples.

Shelly Niro was born in Niagara Falls, NY in 1954. She is a member of the Mohawk Nation, Iroquois Confederacy, Turtle Clan, Six Nations Reserve. She is currently based in Brantford, Ontario, and works in a variety of media, including beadwork, painting, photography, and film. (via virtual museum)

(Source: garconniere, via yourstruggle)

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    My art theory teacher was a member of the Turtle Clan! It’s great to see other artists from the Mohawk Nation.
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    love this, and I believe I ran into her the other day :)
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