Deluge
Brenda Garand, Abenaki / American, born 1959
Abenaki
Woodlands
2014
Walnut ink (made by the artist), India ink, and flood clay on heavy wove paper
Sheet: 30 3/16 × 22 5/8 in. (76.7 × 57.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the artist
2014.42.1
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
21st century
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Drawing
Native American
Native American: Woodlands
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and inscribed, on reverse, top center, in graphite: Brenda Garand / "Deluge" / 2014; inscribed, on reverse, upper right and left, in graphite: TOP (underlined) / [Arrow pointing upward]
Label
Brenda Garand created Deluge after Hurricane Irene flooded her home and studio in West Hartford, Vermont. This 2011 event forever changed the landscape of Garand’s life. In the aftermath, she used flood clay as well as walnut and India inks to create devastatingly beautiful images that speak to the resilience of people amidst great loss. Garand stated: I believe that the visual recording of a moment in time is analogous to the oral tradition of history: both are interpretations of events.
From the 2022 exhibition This Land: American Engagement with the Natural World, curated by Jami C. Powell, Curator of Indigenous Art; Barbara J. MacAdam, former Jonathan L. Cohen Curator of American Art; Thomas H. Price, former Curatorial Assistant; Morgan E. Freeman, former DAMLI Native American Art Fellow; and Michael Hartman, Jonathan Little Cohen Associate Curator of American Art
Exhibition History
This Land: American Engagement with the Natural World, Owen Robertson Cheatham Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 5–April 18, 2022.
Provenance
The artist, Hartford, Vermont; given to present collection, 2014.
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