Perhaps no title could be more of-the-moment than "An Indigenous Present," edited by Jeffrey Gibson, the artist chosen to represent the U.S. at the 2024 Venice Biennale. Mr. Gibson, who is of Choctaw and Cherokee descent, offers a gathering of 60 contemporary artists, musicians, photographers and others; his book showcases a stunning diversity of approaches that draw on Native American traditions and histories.
Essays explore a range of subjects: how Native American artists draw on distinct creation myths; the challenges of a Native American mother in confronting "cultural erasure" at her child's school; and the experience of Charging Elk, who drifted around the South of France and became friends with the philosopher and critic Walter Benjamin.
The book is an opulent eyeful from artists who have been under the radar for too long.
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