Andy Warhol( American, 1928 – 1987) Sitting Bull, 1986
In recent decades the problem of cultural stereotyping of people groups has come to the fore. In his provocative and clever thought-piece, The“ S” Word in Idaho, Jason Elliott Clark( Algonquin) draws attention to a preponderance of a word described by Merriam-Webster as“ now often offensive” for an American Indian woman and usually disparaging for woman, wife.”
Jason Elliott Clark( American, b. 1967) The“ S” Word in Idaho, 2001 Prontoplate lithograph and relief on paper Jundt Art Museum, Gonzaga University; exchange with the artist. 2002.42
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