Marie Watt (Seneca Nation, b. 1967)A Spoon Is
2022
photogravure, direct gravure, and soft ground etching, printed with gampi chine collé on Somerset Satin White 300-gram paper, No. 4 from an edition of 15
Image size 10 x 17”. Paper size 19 ½ x 25”
Collection of the Burchfield Penney Art Center, purchase with Art Acquisition Funds, 2022
In A Spoon Is and Nancy Bowen (Reconciliation), Marie Watt addresses the complex histories of racism against Indigenous nations by depicting what is past, present, and possible by means of craft, tradition, storytelling, and action. These prints were created as part of a larger project for The Buffalo History Museum’s 2022 exhibition titled Hodinöhsö:ni’ Resurgence: Marie Watt, Calling Back, Calling Forward. They were issued as a special edition by the Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Marie Watt was not yet represented in the collection, and has been on a priority list for several years.