Beat Goes On
Dwayne Wilcox, Oglala Lakota / American, born 1957
Oglala Lakota
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
Central Plains
Plains
2006
Crayon, colored pencil and felt-tipped pen on ledger paper
Overall: 17 11/16 × 11 3/8 in. (45 × 28.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Guernsey Center Moore 1904 Fund
2008.59.9
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
21st century
Object Name
Ledger Drawing
Research Area
Native American
Drawing
Native American: Plains
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, in ink, lower left: Wilcox / 06 [in script]; printed, in ink, upper left: Section; printed, in ink, upper center: Township; printed, in ink, upper right: Range; printed, in ink, upper right: 64; printed, in ink, on label affixed to reverse, upper right: BEAT GOES ON 64
Label
These two ledger drawings, a form of visual storytelling that originally developed during the 19th century in the Northern Plains, feature three Indigenous women—Three to Get Ready shows them in traditional regalia and Beat Goes On in streetwear. What might they be getting ready for? Where are they going? Placed in conversation, these works playfully challenge stereotypes about Indigenous identity, emphasizing the richness and variety of Native women’s self-expression.
From the 2025 exhibition A Space for Dialogue 122, Weaving Ké, curated by Nizhonie Denetsosie-Gomez '25, Conroy Intern
Course History
NAS 8, Perspectives in Native American Studies, Vera Palmer, Spring 2012
NAS 8, Perspectives in Native American Studies, Vera Palmer, Spring 2013
NAS 30.21, Native American Art and Material, Jami Powell, Spring 2020
SART 76, Senior Seminar, Enrico Riley, Winter 2022
Exhibition History
A Space for Dialogue 122, Weaving Ké, Nizhonie Denetsosie-Gomez '25, Conroy Intern, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 25 - March 30, 2025.
Provenance
Morning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico; sold to present collection, 2008.
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