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Mar 4, 2018 · James Luna, an artist/activist of Native American/Mexican heritage, turned to photography, Performance, Video, and Installation art, as a way of disassembling myths about Native American cultures. One of the most celebrated of all contemporary Native artists, Luna routinely unpacked racial stereotypes and unequal institutional power structures ...
James Luna (February 9, 1950 – March 4, 2018) was a Puyukitchum, Ipai, and Mexican-American performance artist, photographer and multimedia installation artist. His work is best known for challenging the ways in which conventional museum exhibitions depict Native Americans.
James Luna is known for pushing boundaries in his installations, where he engages audiences by making himself part of a tableau
Dec 25, 2015 · James Luna is a Luiseno Indian artist and activist who uses his performances, installations, and words to challenge the confines of art-historical and museum exhibition practices, questioning the ways that Native American Indians are often remembered, “honored,” and pictured in the white imaginary.
James Luna (February 9, 1950 – March 4, 2018) was a Puyukitchum, Ipai, and Mexican-American performance artist, photographer and multimedia installation artist. His work is best known for challenging the ways in which conventional museum exhibitions depict Native Americans.
Mar 20, 2018 · SAN DIEGO — The internationally-known performance artist James Luna was laid to rest on March 17, in a simple but powerful funeral service on the La Jolla Indian Reservation, in the mountains...
Performance artist James Luna, a member of California’s Luiseño tribe, likes to blur the boundaries of his Native American culture. This past Columbus Day, he stood in front of Washington, D.C...
Mar 7, 2018 · Remembering James Luna (1950–2018) Luna’s Artifact Piece—where he turned his Indigenous body into a museum exhibit—was a 1980s breakthrough. But the power of his work doesn't end there.
Born on February 9, 1950, James Luna was of Luiseño, Puyukitchum, Ipai, and Mexican heritage and lived on the La Jolla Indian Reservation in Pauma Valley, California, from 1975 until his death on March 4, 2018.
Having garnered numerous awards, including a 2007 Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art, Luna is an artist whose work has been widely acclaimed for its challenging confrontations and innovative explorations of Native American identities and stereotypes.
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