Dyani White Hawk's landmark survey arrives at Remai Modern
Dyani White Hawk: Love Language, a major mid-career survey of the Sičáŋǧu Lakota artist, opens at Remai Modern in Saskatoon on April 25. Co-organized with the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, where it debuted to critical and public acclaim, the exhibition features nearly 100 works spanning 15 years. It includes paintings, sculptures, works on paper, video installations, and objects incorporating porcupine quillwork, lane stitch, and loomed beadwork. Several new large-scale sculptural pieces and mosaics debut in the show. White Hawk (b. 1976) is known for her dynamic visual language grounded in Lakota art forms and symbols, challenging prevailing narratives of abstraction.
Key facts
- Dyani White Hawk: Love Language opens at Remai Modern, Saskatoon, on April 25.
- The exhibition is co-organized by Remai Modern and the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.
- It features nearly 100 works from the past 15 years of White Hawk's practice.
- Works include paintings, sculptures, works on paper, video installations, and objects with porcupine quillwork and beadwork.
- Several new large-scale sculptural pieces and mosaics debut in the show.
- White Hawk is Sičáŋǧu Lakota, born 1976.
- Her work celebrates Lakota art forms and symbols.
- The exhibition challenges prevailing narratives and histories of abstraction.
Entities
Artists
- Dyani White Hawk
Institutions
- Remai Modern
- Walker Art Center
Locations
- Saskatoon
- Canada
- Minneapolis
- United States