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Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies 23.2 (2002) 7-12


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Minnihaha; Knotsberry Farm Maiden; Fine Feathered Friends; Wild West Princess; Washo Indian Woman with Papoose

Jean Lamarr

These works provide a Native woman's response to popular myths about American Indian women created out of European and Euro-American fantasy. [End Page 7]

 

Minnihaha, 1994, box assemblage, mixed media, 12" x 12". [End Page 8]

 

Knotsberry Farm Maiden, 1994, box assemblage, mixed media, 12" x 12". [End Page 9]

 

Fine Feathered Friends, 1994, box assemblage, mixed media, 12" x 12". [End Page 10]

 

Wild West Princess, 1994, box assemblage, mixed media, 12" x 12". [End Page 11]

 

Washo Indian Woman with Papoose, 1994, box assemblage, mixed media, 12" x 12".

 


Jean LaMarr is a member of the Paiute/Pit River Tribes, and has been teaching art in colleges and universities throughout the western U.S. since the 1980s. She has also traveled to New Zealand to teach printmaking. She has participated in over 125 exhibits in the last thirty years. Her work was part of the "Spirit of Native America" traveling exhibition that visited countries throughout North and South America from 1994 to 1998.

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