Gisela McDaniel
What She Saw/Where She Went, 2020
Oil on canvas, found object, flower, photo, resin, sound on USB
114.3 x 114.3 x 12.7 cm
45 x 45 x 5 in
45 x 45 x 5 in
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'I sat down with three generations of Navajo women: a Grandmother, Adult Daughter, and Granddaughter in her 20s. The Grandmother spoke of her life which began on a Navajo reservation....
"I sat down with three generations of Navajo women: a Grandmother, Adult Daughter, and Granddaughter in her 20s. The Grandmother spoke of her life which began on a Navajo reservation. She was recruited by Catholic missionaries to attend secretarial school in Cleveland where she married a Boricuan man who had migrated from Puerto Rico. The two had a daughter who then had her own daughter; both proudly embrace their identities as Navajo-Boricuan women. As an Elder living with dementia, the Grandmother interacted with her daughter and granddaughter to help her reconstruct her journey and experiences from the Reservation to Cleveland. The three women’s narratives are interwoven and reveal continuities and distinct challenges as indigenous women of different generations. A common thread and point of pride was the history of healers in their families and the resilience of indigenous culture. The granddaughter, in particular, acknowledged how she carries her grandmother’s and mother’s stories growing up indigenous in the Midwest. The jewelry, in particular, the beaded earrings depicted in the portrait is an expression of her indigenous aesthetic."
Gisela McDaniel 2020
Gisela McDaniel 2020