South Dakota Arts Council

South Dakota Arts Council

Pierre, SD

The SDAC is a state government grantmaking agency supported by the State of South Dakota, through the Dept. of Tourism, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Homage to a Treasure and its Maker by Arthur Amiotte Image: “In knowing your culture, you will begin to know yourself in relation to all that is.” By pasting and juxtaposing historic images, family photographs, receipts, and advertisements with his own drawings, Arthur Amiotte pays homage to those who came before him. Lakota philosophy and oral history form the foundation of his artistic work. His love of the Lakota traditions, ceremonies, rituals, and visionary experiences form the foundation of his creativity as a whole.
“In knowing your culture, you will begin to know yourself in relation to all that is.” By pasting and juxtaposing historic images, family photographs, receipts, and advertisements with his own drawings, Arthur Amiotte pays homage to those who came before him. Lakota philosophy and oral history form the foundation of his artistic work. His love of the Lakota traditions, ceremonies, rituals, and visionary experiences form the foundation of his creativity as a whole.
  • Arthur Amiotte
  • Homage to a Treasure and its Maker, 2016
  • Collage on canvas
  • Framed: 30 x 36 in (76.2 x 91.44 cm)

Artist: Arthur Amiotte x

 

Arthur Amiotte (Wanblí Ta Hócoka Washté, or Good Eagle Center) was born in the Pine Ridge Reservation in 1942 and raised between there and Custer, SD. He is a member of the Oglala Lakota Oyate and has participated in more than 100 solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States and Europe. His paintings, sculptures, and textile objects are located in hundreds of public and private collections. He received a Bachelor of Arts in education from Northern State College in Aberdeen and a Master of Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Montana, where he studied with renowned scholar, Joseph Eps Brown. Arthur holds honorary doctorates from Oglala Lakota College, Kyle, SD, and Brandon University, Manitoba, Canada.

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