02/21/2009 Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian. November 1, 2008–May 17, 2009. National Museum of American Indian, NY.
"Heaven, 1996"
Fritz Scholder is one of the most influential American artists of the 20th century. His art works seems to be a bit dark, somewhat scary and sad to me. However, when I saw this painting, I couldn't stop but thinking no matter how dark your life is, eventually it will turn bright when you go to heaven. Devils go to the dark hell, but I didn't want to think about it.
Some quotes from Fritz Scholder was displayed on the wall:
"I am a non-Indian Indian"
"I am one-quarter Indian and my paintings are one-quarter Indian"
"I hate pretty pictures"
"I paint monsters"
"Ugly can be beautiful if it tells the truth"
"My favorite word is paradox"
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