Sean Chandler (A Ani nin (Gros Ventre)) Collections: Minneapolis Institute of Art, Museum of Natural History (Paris, France). Exhibitions: Heard Museum (Phoenix, AZ), Eiteljorg Museum (Indianapolis, IN), Holter Museum of Art (Helena, MT). First Place Award Printmaking, Northern Plains Tribal Arts

(Sioux Falls, SD)

Sean Chandler uses his characteristic style of traditional A Ani nin (Gros-Ventre) symbols and his personal abstractions on a polychrome background to address the tragic and sensitive subject matter, Indian Holocaust. The artist explains that the traditional symbols “are intended as a tribute to all my ancestors and to my father, who taught me these old ways (...)   The other imagery I use consists of feelings, thoughts, and experiences I have dealt with in my life. The figures are an expression of ugliness to show how people may view each other. In that, I am showing ignorance in the way some non-Indians or even how some Indians view Indians.”

 

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