Appreciation for Native American Art

As of just recently, Native American Art has found a new appreciation and a new display in lower Manhattan, National Museum of the American Indian.  This is an important issue, for the art has long been looked over and crammed in the corner in the once old Museum of the American Indian.  Over time the curators attempted to present the Indian photos with videos and technological systems, however the audience was not too impressed.  Finally, in 2002 a remarkable moving show of the Indian time-pieces was displayed through photos.  People needed to see and accept that the museum, “located art primarily in ideas and information rather than in precious material forms.”  This is important to design today in that the idea is much more important thant the material.  This can be linked with the term conceptual art, meaning the idea of a piece is more important than the tangible.  The photos of the American Indians require an imagination and a reliving in the past in order to truly appreciate the once alive culture.  American Indians are the core of the American culture, and without the knowledge of their culture we are unable to understand our culture.    

Information found from the New York Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/06/arts/design/06infinity.html?ref=design