Jeffrey Gibson
Jeffrey Gibson's I want to make you feel free (2024) is now open for bidding in the Benefit Auction for Democracy Matters 2024. The painting on paper with mixed media collage measures 17 x 17.5 x 0.5 in (43.2 x 44.5 x 1.3 cm) unframed, 21 x 21.5 x 3 in (53.34 x 54.61 x 7.62 cm) framed. This work is signed and dated by the Artist on verso. Jeffery Gibson Studio.
A member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and half-Cherokee, Gibson incorporates various real and conceptual representations of Native American culture into his sculpture and collage works. Gibson’s work is also highly informed by his identity as a queer, urban, Western-trained artist, and he often navigates the space between formal abstract language and Native American totems. His exploration of intertwined cultural and material themes persists in I want to make you feel free, a new work created for the Democracy Matters auction. Gibson represented the United States at the 2024 Venice Biennale, making him the first Indigenous artist ever to do the pavilion.
About Jeffrey Gibson
Jeffrey Gibson is a painter and sculptor whose work investigates Native American stereotypes through cultural critique, iconography, and found objects. A member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and half-Cherokee, Gibson incorporates various real and conceptual representations of Native American culture into his sculpture and collage works. Gibson’s work is also highly informed by his identity as a queer, urban, Western-trained artist, and he often navigates the space between formal abstract language and Native American totems.
Gibson’s work has been shown nationally and internationally including The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT, National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C., The Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Diverseworks, Houston, TX, Sala Diaz, San Antonio, TX, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Plug-In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, The Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA. Gibson represented the United States at the 2024 Venice Biennale, making him the first Indigenous artist ever to do the pavilion.