Girl in the Anthropocene
Diego Romero, Cochiti Pueblo / American, born 1964
Cochiti Pueblo (Kotyete)
Southwest
2017
Lithograph on paper
Artist's Proof no. 2
Image: 14 7/8 × 20 7/8 in. (37.8 × 53.1 cm)
Sheet: 19 × 24 1/2 in. (48.3 × 62.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Acquisition and Preservation of Native American Art Fund
© Diego Romero
2019.92
Geography
Place Made: Cochití Pueblo, United States, North America
Period
21st century
Object Name
Research Area
Native American: Southwest
Native American
Not on view
Inscriptions
Titled, in graphite, lower center: "GIRL IN THE ANTHROPCENE"; signed and dated, in graphite, lower right: DIEGO ROMERO 2017.
Label
In each of these works, the artists use iconic Pop and comic book imagery to intrigue their viewers. Jason Garcia creates comic book–like scenes of traditional Pueblo life; his innovative technique of storytelling on ceramic tiles diverges from the more common vessel shapes of Pueblo pottery. In Tewa Tales of Suspense! Priest Killer, a Pueblo warrior holds the head of a monk—referencing the Pueblo Revolt against Spanish colonizers in 1680. Diego Romero’s print draws our attention to the fact that extractive industries and environmental pollution disproportionately impacts Indigenous, and specifically Puebloan, communities. Despite its modern decoration, Tammy Garcia’s canteen with redware elements was made using traditional pottery techniques: it is coil built, carved, and polished with traditional clay slips. I am building in clay vessels that resemble glass bottles. This is the "Pop Bottle." In pop culture, attitudes can be seen in an image through facial expression, as in a Roy Lichtenstein painting. I am fascinated how one word, like, "POW," along with an image, can tell a story. Words have become an important part of my design and the exploration of that has just begun! —Tammy Garcia From the 2022 exhibition Unbroken: Native American Ceramics, Sculpture, and Design, curated by Dillen Peace '19, Native American Art Intern and Sháńdíín Brown '20, Native American Art Intern
Course History
NAS 30.21, Native American Art and Material, Jami Powell, Spring 2020
NAS 30.21, Native American Art and Material, Jami Powell, Spring 2020
NAS 30.21, Native American Art and Material, Jami Powell, Spring 2021
NAS 30.21, Native American Art and Material, Jami Powell, Spring 2021
NAS 30.21, Native American Art and Material, Jami Powell, Spring 2021
ANTH 55, Anthropology of Global Health, Anne Sosin, Spring 2021
ANTH 3.01, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Sienna Craig, Winter 2022
SART 27.01, Printmaking I, Tricia Treacy, Fall 2022
Writing Program 5.24, Photographic Representations, Amanda Wetsel, Winter 2023
Writing Program 5.25, Photographic Representations, Amanda Wetsel, Winter 2023
Exhibition History
Unbroken: Native American Ceramics, Sculpture, and Design, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshre, May 3-July 10, 2022.
Provenance
Robert Nichols Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico; sold to present collection, 2019.
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