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Isnt a time-traveling, gender-fluid, indigenous sex goddess exactly what art needs right about now?
How would you describe these works?There are two paintings.
Miss Chief is there, helping people ashore.
The themes are of displacement and migration: Indigenous people are being displaced again, and theyre setting sail.
For instance, Eugene Delacroixs paintingThe Natchezlaments the end of the Natchez.
The presence of the wooden boat in the background is echoed in both of my paintings.
Both of these have been referenced.
She also represented her nation in Washington.
I stole Miss Chiefs first outfit from Chers Half-BreedBob Mackie outfit for her cultural and gender cross-dressing.