In the Newark Museum, a story encompassed what was displayed in the "Wendy Red Star" exhibition. The essence of this narrative centered around identity, imagery, and culture as the artist discusses the issues of the Native American people, as well as wit, perception, and cultural pride. In the installation labeled, "Map of the Allotted Lands of the Crow Reservation, Montana-A Tribute To Many Good Women" depicts Crow Tribe women standing on plots of land that belonged to their ancestors. The work of art was meant to make the Native American people resemble themselves as natives instead of a foreign race of people. It was also a response to the General Allotment Act of 1887, when the government was male-dominantly ran and divided the land into their system.
The planetarium showcased its own story by Kambui Olujimi, called "Skywriters & Constellations, Kambui Olujimi's Wayward North Project". The film and the installation as well are based on the characters and mythic narrative contained in their novella, Wayward North. Lithographic prints and an animated collage represented personal histories, jumping from one to another, and almost ambiguous in nature.
Both exhibitions undertake a unique perspective about showcasing myths, self portraiture, and the representation of a home. Using imagery of one's people as a symbol of original ownership, to abstractly portraying myths interwoven with personal histories. Myths are not often portrayed in a modern sense. In Hindu mythology, which I will be implementing in my self portrait, most myths had a more archaic setting that do not apply to the current day, yet is still kept in mind. The more current day myths in Hindu belief are merely superstitions, which both exhibitions manages to stay away from.
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