“To Help People See”: The Art of G. Peter Jemison
March 12–November 7, 2021
Forman Gallery
This exhibition features highlights from Jemison’s illustrious career, spanning the years 1969 to the present, depicting his personal experience of Haudenosaunee culture, the tensions between Euro-American and Indigenous American ways of life, and the ongoing struggle for Native American land rights restoration. Groupings will include Jemison’s practice in abstract expressionism and mixed media as well as landscapes, crow imagery, and his unique use of paper shopping bags as a surface for his paintings. Text panels will also provide interpretation by Dr. Neal Keating, Anthropology professor at SUNY Brockport and author of Iroquois Art, Power, and History, as well as Jemison’s own words regarding his life and art.
G. Peter Jemison
Acrylic, gouache, and oil on canvas board. Collection of the artist. © G. Peter Jemison
About the Artist
Multimedia artist G. Peter Jemison (Seneca, Heron Clan), has had a career that spans decades and nations, influencing generations of contemporary Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists alike. His artwork depicts his personal experience of Haudenosaunee culture, the tensions between Euro-American and Indigenous American ways of life, and the ongoing struggle for Native American land rights restoration.
