Colorful and patterned reclaimed wool blankets
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Marie Watt (Seneca), Butterfly, 2015. Reclaimed wool blankets, satin binding, thread, cotton twill tape and tin jingles; 94 x 126 in. Denver Art Museum: Funds from Loren G. Lipson, M.D., Vicki & Kent Logan, with additional funds from Brian Tschumper, Nancy Benson, Jan & Mike Tansey, and JoAnn & Bob Balzer, 2016.1A-B. © Marie Watt.

Each/Other

Marie Watt and Cannupa Hanska Luger
May 23, 2021 – August 22, 2021

Marie Watt (Seneca), Butterfly, 2015. Reclaimed wool blankets, satin binding, thread, cotton twill tape and tin jingles; 94 x 126 in. Denver Art Museum: Funds from Loren G. Lipson, M.D., Vicki & Kent Logan, with additional funds from Brian Tschumper, Nancy Benson, Jan & Mike Tansey, and JoAnn & Bob Balzer, 2016.1A-B. © Marie Watt.

Each/Other: Marie Watt and Cannupa Hanska Luger is the first exhibition to feature together the work of Watt and Luger, two leading Indigenous contemporary artists whose processes focus on collaborative artmaking.

Exploring the collective process of creation, Each/Other will feature 26 mixed media sculptures, wall hangings and large-scale installation works by Watt (Seneca, Scottish, German) and Luger (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, Lakota and European), along with a new monumental artist-guided community artwork. While each artist’s practice is rooted in collaboration, they have never before worked together or been exhibited alongside one another in a way that allows audiences to see both the similarities and contrasts in their work.

Watt and Luger's work is divided into two sections that explore the artists’ engagement with community, materials and the land. A new collaborative piece will be located where the two artists’ works converge within the gallery. Works on view in Each/Other will consist of materials including carved wood, ceramic and fabric sculpture, photography, installation works with concertina and oil drums, video-based interpretive elements and documentation pieces to show past performance works by the artists.

Following its presentation at the DAM, Each/Other will travel to the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University Sept. 25, 2021 through Dec. 12, 2021 and to the Peabody Essex Museum Jan. 29, 2022 through May 8, 2022.

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Large beaded installation that shows the image of a face

Cannupa Hanska Luger, Every One, 2018. Ceramic, social collaboration; 12 x 15 x 3 ft. Image courtesy of Marie Walsh Sharpe Gallery of Contemporary Art at Ent Center for the Arts, UCCS, Colorado Springs, CO.

Colorful and patterned reclaimed wool blankets

Marie Watt (Seneca), Butterfly, 2015. Reclaimed wool blankets, satin binding, thread, cotton twill tape and tin jingles; 94 x 126 in. Denver Art Museum: Funds from Loren G. Lipson, M.D., Vicki & Kent Logan, with additional funds from Brian Tschumper, Nancy Benson, Jan & Mike Tansey, and JoAnn & Bob Balzer, 2016.1A-B. © Marie Watt.

Tall sculpture installation

Cannupa Hanska Luger, Nature, 2015. Clay, steel, and wool sculpture. Gift from Vicki and Kent Logan to the Collection of the Denver Art Museum. © Cannupa Hanska Luger.

Colorful patterned blankets stacked like a tower

Marie Watt, Skywalker/Skyscraper (Babel), 2012. Steel I-beam, reclaimed wool blankets; 96 x 20 x 22 in. Private collection. Courtesy of the artist and PDX Contemporary Art.

Sculpture of a black snake battling two figures

Cannupa Hanska Luger, This Is Not A Snake, 2017-2020. Ceramic, fiber, steel, oil drums, concertina wire, ammunition cans, trash, found objects; 78 x 36 x 600 in.

Cannupa Hanska Luger, The One Who Checks & The One Who Balances, 2018. Ceramic, riot gear, afghan, wool surplus industrial felt, beadwork by Kathy Elkwoman Whitman; 6-1/2 ft x 12 in x 8 in (each, approximate). © Cannupa Hanska Luger. Photo courtesy of the Heard Museum, Craig Smith.

Dozens of people holding up mirrors on a mountainside

Concept Artist: Cannupa Hanska Luger Drone operation/ Performance organization: Rory Wakemup

Oceti Sakowin camp, Standing Rock, ND 2016 Image courtesy of the artist.

Collaboration is an active agent in this work, not simply a means to an end.

— Marie Watt

Art is a verb, not a noun. Art is a practice, it’s an activity. It is an action.

— Cannupa Hanska Luger

Videos

Take a sneak peek inside the Each/Other and find more videos related to the exhibition on the museum's YouTube channel.

Each/Other exhibition catalog cover

Publications

This illustrated companion to Each/Other, available to purchase at the DAM's Shop or online, features artworks by Indigenous contemporary artists Marie Watt, Cannupa Hanska Luger, and their collaborators. The catalog explores the collective process of artmaking and urges visitors to reconsider how museums privilege certain stories and our places within systems that subjugate and disenfranchise.

View of the Each/Other wolf sculpture, constructed out of hundreds of bandanas

Access Guide

Look closer at the images and wall text in Each/Other by browsing through our online exhibition access guide.

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Each/Other: Marie Watt and Cannupa Hanska Luger is organized by the Denver Art Museum. It is presented with the generous support of Vicki and Kent Logan, the National Endowment for the Arts, The Robert Lehman Foundation, the Adolph Coors Exhibition Endowment Fund, the donors to the Annual Fund Leadership Campaign, Stelo, Native Arts and Culture Foundation, Osage Nation Foundation, and the residents who support the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD). Promotional support is provided by 5280 Magazine and CBS4.