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Gina Osterloh

Gina Osterloh is an artist and Associate Professor of Art at The Ohio State University. ginaosterloh.com

Peelatchiwaaxpáash/Medicine Crow (Raven), 2014

By Gina Osterloh

This shift in viewing from afar (abstract pattern) to up close (words and legibility) creates an enmeshed transition from picture viewing to reading—scanning across the picture plane vis-à-vis Red Star’s notations which range from literal description, historical account, personal observations that imbue humor, and contexts within Crow culture.

Wendy Red Star, <em>1880 Crow Peace Delegation: Peelatchiwaaxpáash / Medicine Crow (Raven)</em>, 2014. Artist-manipulated digitally reproduced photograph by C.M. (Charles Milton) Bell, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution, 24 x 16 9/20 inches each. Courtesy the artist and Sargent’s Daughters.
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