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Iskwaaj Nibi (The Last Waterhole: Creating a New World)

Iskwaaj Nibi (The Last Waterhole: Creating a New World)

Rabbett Before Horses Strickland

Rabbett Strickland is an Ojibwe artist whose monumental paintings visualize Anishinaabe mythology. An autodidact artist, musician, and mathematician, Strickland was inspired by the paintings of Peter Paul Rubens and Botticelli and their depiction of Greek and Roman gods and goddesses, centaurs and satyrs. Strickland’s paintings feature the origin stories of the Anishinaabe and include depictions of spirits such as Gichi Manidoo, Nokomis, Winona [Winoah], and Nanabozho, who appear to the artist in his dreams. “Iskwaaj Nibi” was commissioned by the Wisconsin Public Media and was prominently featured in a PBS Wisconsin documentary on Strickland.
Artist
Rabbett Before Horses Strickland
(American, Ojibwe)
Title
Iskwaaj Nibi (The Last Waterhole: Creating a New World)
Date
2018
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
84 x 102 in. overall
Credit
Gift of Wisconsin Public Media, PBS Wisconsin
Accession No.
2022.18
Classification
Paintings
Geography
United States

Related

2018, commissioned from the artist by Wisconsin Public Media (Madison, WI); 8 August 2018, deposited on long-term loan by Wisconsin Public Media to the Chazen Museum of Art; 2022, transferred to the Chazen Museum of Art

  • Rethlake, Merritt. “Rabbett Before Horses Strickland Reinterprets Ojibwe Mythology Into Art.” Artful Living, Autumn 2019. pp. 51-52, p. 51

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