A Time For Change & Round Dancing
Date2020
MediumScreenprints on handmade elk hide drum in a custom frame
Dimensions25 3/4 diameter × 4 1/2 inches (65.4 × 11.4 cm)
Credit LineCollection of J. Wilson Morris
Object numberEX.IR.01
Copyright© Jeffrey Gibson, courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York.
The images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextJeffrey Gibson, a multidisciplinary artist of Mississippi Choctaw and Cherokee descent, works to elevate communities and cultural narratives that have been historically marginalized. In A Time For Change & Round Dancing, Gibson printed on a handmade elk hide drum, exploring aspects of Op art and geometric abstraction. The substrate of the elk hide not only serves as a support for ink, but also a material rich with Indigenous histories and meaning. The title Round Dancing refers to the traditional Native American Round Dance, a social and community-based dance that incorporates singing and drumming in a steady rhythmic beat and dancing in concentric circles. The physical form of the work with a central large circle surrounded by small circles emulates the dance itself as the drummers move to the middle while people dance around them.
