Jeffrey Gibson American, member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and Cherokee, born 1972
PEOPLE LIKE US, 2019
Canvas, cotton, linen, brass grommets, nylon thread, cotton thread, artificial sinew, glass and plastic beads, nylon fringe, grosgrain ribbon, tin jingles, wooden tipi poles, deer hide
Garment: 85 x 68 x 8 in (215.9 x 172.7 x 20.3 cm), Tipi pole: 4 x 4 x 120 inches (10.2 x 10.2 x 304.8 cm)
Featured in the 2019 Whitney Biennial, Jeffrey Gibson's PEOPLE LIKE US incorporates the traditional designs and craft processes of his Cherokee and Choctaw heritage with modern materials and aesthetics of...
Featured in the 2019 Whitney Biennial, Jeffrey Gibson's PEOPLE LIKE US incorporates the traditional designs and craft processes of his Cherokee and Choctaw heritage with modern materials and aesthetics of abstraction. These sculptural garments originate from an oversized t-shirt pattern, then adorned with ornamentation and custom-printed fabrics. Gibson considers these garments "symbolic of faith," and an expression of the wearer's identity; evoking the ephemeral qualities of movement and sound, they imagine a vivid, intercommunal sense of empowerment and futurity.
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