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<\/a><\/p>\n<\/strong>State Names; 2000; Jaune Quick-To-See Smith<\/strong>; Born: St. Ignatius, Montana; 1940; oil, collage and mixed media on canvas; 48 x 72 in. (121.9 x 182.9 cm); Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Elizabeth Ann Dugan and museum purchase; 2004.28; Smithsonian American Art Museum<\/p>\n Here are some of their insights:<\/strong><\/p>\n It has a rusty red color on the top of it to represent the war<\/strong>
\nA new generation is coming and the old generation is being stripped away<\/strong>
\nCaging in America<\/strong>
\nChaotic Unification<\/strong>
\nIt looks like it is all moving together into one<\/strong>
\nDying … disintegrating … falling apart … no one knows what’s going on<\/strong>
\nSome names have drips covering them but the others seem to pop out<\/strong>
\nIt looks like melting wax<\/strong>
\nSomething is spreading down, like war or migration<\/strong>
\nBloody death<\/strong>
\nIt looks like war. And it looks like everything is falling apart.<\/strong>
\nThe top right states look like the drops are icicles<\/strong>
\nBlood running down Dakota… most bloodshed there<\/strong>
\nThe oceans are black yet the Great Lakes are grey<\/strong>
\nEverything to the east side has no borders … like one big state<\/strong><\/p>\n