Sargent's Daughters

Presentation Details
For her solo presentation with Sargent’s Daughters, Wendy Red Star has created print editions of 12 vibrantly colored acrylic paintings presented last year in her debut public art exhibition. Titled Travels Pretty, the project took place across 300 bus shelters in New York City, Chicago, and Boston, and is a celebration of parfleches: intricately painted rawhide bags traditionally made by certain nomadic tribes of the North American Great Plains to store and transport personal possessions. Throughout her multimedia practice, the Apsáalooke (Crow) artist casts light on the complex histories of Native Americans through a feminist Indigenous lens. The Travels Pretty series masterfully reinterprets parfleche designs that Red Star researched within major US museum collections. At Independent, the prints will be shown alongside the artist’s own collection of historic parfleches.

About the Gallery
Sargent's Daughters was founded in 2014 on the Lower East Side. The gallery takes its name from the painter John Singer Sargent, who was an innovator working in a traditional medium. Accordingly, the gallery interest is in artists whose work combines the same qualities of tradition and cutting edge. In addition to exhibitions by represented gallery artists, Sargent's Daughters creates collaborations as a platform for exploring new conversations within a wider context and presents a strong female program, often highlighting overlooked artists working outside the established gallery world. The gallery has a history of granting young artists their first exhibition opportunities. Sargent's Daughters was the first to exhibit Jordan Casteel, Cy Gavin and Wendy Red Star in their debut NY solo shows, as well as placing works in major museums such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The gallery produces catalogues to further the dialogue of the artists' work.