American Reliquary

Mixed Media
31” x 12” x 2.5”
2020

Through mixed-media collage incorporating a rat skull, mummified opossum fetus, and miniature mechanical parts, this work centers on an 1887 portrait of Yellow Rodge of the Blackfeet tribe. The composition interweaves past and present to examine American identity, cultural mythmaking, and the shifting relationship between technology and the natural world.