Tamara Bell
Kiss Kiss
TRIBAL AFFILIATION:
Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes
CLASSIFICATION:
2D
BOOTH NUMBER:
FR S 316
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE:
Ms. Bell utilizes the aspects of the two worlds that she straddles, two identities, cultures and points of view. Her use of mundane materials merge with unconventional subject matter and outcomes. Her neurodiverse approach challenges the foundational concepts enshrined in Haida works. Ms. Bell utilizes materials that underscore the two worlds that she straddles, two identities, cultures and points of view. Her use of mundane materials merge with unconventional subject matter and outcomes. Her neurodiverse approach challenges the foundational concepts enshrined in Haida works. From American and Canadian currency painted with indigenous faces to used Louis Vuitton medicine bags, Ms. Bell’s approach is often avant-garde.