Chapter 3. ‘‘Our Inter-American Consciousness’’: Barnett Newman and the Primitive Universal

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. AUTHOR’S NOTE ix
4. Preface xi
5. Acknowledgments xxix
6. Chapter 1. Art and Modern Indian Policy 1
7. Chapter 2. The Culture Brokers: The Pueblo Paintings of José Lente and Jimmy Byrnes 30
8. Chapter 3. ‘‘Our Inter-American Consciousness’’: Barnett Newman and the Primitive Universal 59
9. Chapter 4. The Importance of Place: The Ojibwe Modernism of Patrick DesJarlait and George Morrison 89
10. Chapter 5. Becoming Indian: The Self-Invention of Yeffe Kimball 117
11. Chapter 6. ‘‘A fine painting . . . but not Indian’’: Oscar Howe, Dick West, and Native American Modernism 142
12. Postscript: Making Modern Native American Artists 171
13. Notes 183
14. Bibliography 217
15. Index 227
16. FIGURES 237