Brings Good Horses

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Brings Good Horses is a 2021 series of paintings by artist Wendy Red Star. The work reproduces drawings of horses found in ledger books created by Cheyenne and Lakota artists. These tribes were historical adversaries of Red Star's own Apsáalooke (Crow) people. By recreating these images, Red Star references a traditional Apsáalooke custom of capturing an enemy's horses, a feat that brought honor and wealth to a warrior. The horse has a long and significant history with humans, serving in war, labor, and as a symbol of status and inspiration across cultures and art forms.1234

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Brings Good Horses
Brings Good Horses (2021), a series of paintings on paper, reproduces the steeds in ledger books, often drawn by artists of the Cheyenne and Lakota, who were historical adversaries of the Apsáalooke tribe. Hence, by reproducing the horses from an enemy tribe’s drawings and making…
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Brings Good Horses (2021), a series of paintings on paper, reproduces the steeds in ledger books, often drawn by artists of the Cheyenne and Lakota, who were historical adversaries of the Apsáalooke tribe. Hence, by reproducing the horses from an enemy tribe’s drawings and making…
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