![]() ![]() You can catch Chelsea next at Project One Gallery starting May 19. In Lakota culture, a white buffalo is the most sacred animal, and an extremely lucky sight." ![]() The myth ends with Her leaving, and upon her departure turning into a white buffalo. After a lot of ceremony, the White Buffalo Calf Woman brought the Lakota tobacco, and the ability to harness its magical powers. The second hunter saw this and decided to do what She said, which was to gather his tribe and heed her teachings. The woman immediately summoned the power of lightening and turned him to a smoking pile of ash. Out of lust and slight disrespect, one hunter approached her and proposed they become husband and wife. The Myth says that one day she approached two hunters. She is supposed to be an impossibly beautiful woman who possesses supernatural powers beyond compare, and unsurpassable wisdom. The Lakota tradition treats her like the Messiah. Get ready to get schooled: “This is no minor myth. The center piece - the most stunning - was based on the Lakota myth of the White Buffalo Calf Woman, who was a supreme 'spirit' or 'deity' in their culture. So I surrounded my pieces with feathers to suggest that idea.” Feather hair extensions? Feather art? Birds of a feather flock together. ![]() In Native American culture, feathers represent a connection to the spiritual world an idea based on a bird's ability to fly to the Native Americans' concept of heaven. “The figures in my drawings for Undressed are based on supernatural beings, so I wanted my installation to look like a shrine. Feathers, drips, bats, and birds extended the stylish spirituality. Her work spreads beyond the canvas onto the surrounding white. I told Brown I want her to paint one of my walls. I joked that at this point, we humans should probably stop what we're doing, get naked, and have an elaborate bison-worshipping fire dance ceremony immediately. This concept informs my work in Undressed as well the women draw their power from nature and are able to thrive on it. Nature is revered as a life giver - the Native Americans recognized their ultimate dependence upon it. “I find their culture fascinating, and in a lot of ways superior to modern culture today. The petite artist, in her Navajo garb and feather earrings, dresses (and obsesses) the part. The women in my pieces for the show turn this natural state into power with a supernatural flair.”īrown's Native American influence is strong. A state of nudity shouldn't be seen as a state of vulnerability it should be perceived as a person in their purest, most natural state of being. Brown, who loves to work “the badass female angle,” explained: “Women are usually the main subjects of my work. While some of the other works at the Undressed are pretty out there (think orgies), Brown's were more subtle, only featured women and were power-driven. With fleshy works by local artists, what stood out were the elaborate, bust-baring Native American supernatural creatures by Chelsea Brown. May I suggest Undressed - the latest Public Works Pop-Up Gallery show - as a stealth date idea? Through May 11, the Mission art/music/creative space is hosting their most provocative exhibit yet. ![]()
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