Jaune Quick-to-See Smith on Chief Seattle and the Northern Spotted Owl

You've only got a few days left to see "Jaune Quick-to-See Smith: Memory Map" at SAM!
In this video, Smith discusses one particular artwork on view in the exhibition: "The Spotted Owl (C.S. 1854)" (1990). The work is a triptych-a painting in three parts-on top of which ominously rests a pair of axes. The title of the painting suggests that its main character is a spotted owl, but the owl is conspicuously absent from the forest scene. A part of Smith's Chief Seattle series, "The Spotted Owl (C.S. 1854)" tells the story of the Northern Spotted Owl, a species once plentiful in Washington forests that was driven to near extinction with the destruction of its natural habitat due to logging.
Watch the video to learn more about this triptych and see it for yourself in SAM's fourth floor galleries through this Sunday, May 12.
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JAUNE QUICK-TO-SEE-SMITH: MEMORY MAP
Feb 29 - May 12 2024
Seattle Art Museum
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