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Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2020 School for Advanced Research.

"Ndi'yi'lii Series: Sandscape Study"

Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2020 School for Advanced Research.

"Ndi'yi'lii Series: Sandscape Study"

Date: 2002
Artist or Maker: Gloria Emerson
Medium: acrylic | oil pastel | sand | clay | sugar | cement | ink | paper
Credit Line: Indian Arts Research Center purchase for permanent collection, 2002.
Object Number: SAR.2002-3-1
Not on view
DescriptionAcrylic, oil pastel, and sand painting based on ndiníyílii (sunflowers) untitled poem by Gloria Emerson. This is a landscape study created during Gloria's 2002 Dobkin Fellowship. The gray sand is from north of Lybrook, NM on Highway 64; the gold sand from north of Cuba, NM on Highway 64; the dark brown sand from north of Cuba, NM on Highway 64; the gold clay was from Dolly Naranjo Neikrug; the lime from SAR; the sugar from SAR; the cement from SAR campus; and the dark blue sand from near Junction to Dulce off Highway 64. This is a visual interpretation of her poetry.
In Collection(s)
Bibliography:
Art in Our Lives
  • Pg. p. 100
  • Fig. 6.8
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