Coyote Tales No. 1
- Date
- 2017, printed 2018
- Material
- Inkjet on paper
- photographed in
- Espanola, New Mexico, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- image: 37 × 37 in. (94 × 94 cm)
sheet: 41 × 41 in. (104.1 × 104.1 cm) - Credit Line
- The Helen Kornblum Fund for Women Photographers
- Rights
- © Cara Romero, Courtesy of artist. All rights reserved.
- Object Number
- 24:2020
NOTES
Two stylish women face forward in this scene. They flank coyote, a figure responsible for unforeseen events, good and bad, in many Native American ancestral narratives. The glowing sign above the group highlights the trickster’s double-edged power. The sign also identifies the setting as an iconic liquor store and bar in Española, a city bordering Santa Clara Pueblo in northern New Mexico. This image demonstrates the contemporary significance of Indigenous storytelling. According to the artist, “the work is meant to evoke omniscience. We are all saints and sinners.”
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