Káma-Kapúska! : making marks in Indian country, 1833-34

Káma-Kapúska! making marks in Indian country, 1833-34

Over the winter of 1833–34, the Numak'aki (Mandan) war chief Mató-Tópe (ca. 1784–1837) visited the painting studio kept by Swiss painter Karl Bodmer (1809–93) at Fort Clark, a trading post in what is now North Dakota, fifty-five times. This project argues that this shared studio space and its a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nineteenth century art worldwide / Association of Historians of nineteenth century Art (AHNCA)
1. Verfasser: Ronan, Kristine K. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: McLeod, Allan (BerichterstatterIn)
Format: Online
Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: 2019
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Bodmer, Karl > Geschichte 1830-1840 > Kulturkontakt > Kunst > Sioux > North Dakota
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Zusammenfassung:Over the winter of 1833–34, the Numak'aki (Mandan) war chief Mató-Tópe (ca. 1784–1837) visited the painting studio kept by Swiss painter Karl Bodmer (1809–93) at Fort Clark, a trading post in what is now North Dakota, fifty-five times. This project argues that this shared studio space and its activities are an extension of the Middle Ground, or the cultural arena co-created by Native and non-Native peoples on the French frontier. The Numak'aki name that local warriors bestowed upon Bodmer (Kapúska, or "Forcefully Makes Marks") demonstrates this co-creation by describing the artist’s practices through a Numak'aki lens, rather than a Western one—a testimony to the co-operation of two distinct cultural systems within the Fort Clark studio. The project’s digital platform then models this argument in presenting the project’s related archives through both Native and non-Native frameworks.
ISSN:1543-1002