Artists References: Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Diego Rivera,Oswaldo Guayasamin

For my thinking process, I thought it would be important to find what other visual artist have said about  Native American history and its people. This would help me clarify my thoughts and help me create a more personal message, a more intimate point of view. I thought it would be interesting to see what other artists from North, Central, and South America have said. I came across artists such as Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Diego Rivera,Oswaldo Guayasamin.

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith is a Native artist from the Flathead Nation in the U.S. Diego Rivera was a Mexican Muralist artist who was married to Frida Kahlo. Oswaldo Guayasamin was an Ecuadorian painter from parents of Quichua descent. 

Personal Questions:

“What are other visual artists saying about the history of Native American indigenous people? How are they exploring it and how are they executing it through their artwork?

Sample Work:

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

State Names

Diego Rivera

History of Mexico,

From the Conquest to the Present Day (detail) 

Oswaldo Guayasamin

These three different artists from three different continents have different artistic styles and forms of execution. However, their history relate to the same events of the past, and somehow are all talking about the same negative effects that colonization had on Native people and their future descendants.