Millennium Dreams
Alison Bremner | 24k gold beads, human hair, found objects | 2022
The feverish, insatiable quest to collect Beanie Babies meant children had a hard time finding the toys. The equally feverish quest to collect Tlingit sacred items has led to this point — human remains and sacred objects housed in museum collections, far from their home communities and intended context. Tlingit artist Alison Bremner holds these two collecting manias side by side, letting the absurdity of one illuminate the cost of the other.
Collection of the Washington State Historical Society, Tacoma, Washington
Exhibited: The Collection, Sacred Circle Gallery, Seattle, WA, 2022 | Midnight at the Fireworks Stand, Alaska State Museum, Juneau, AK, 2022 | In The Spirit Contemporary Native Arts Juried Exhibition, Tacoma, WA, 2022
Awards: Spirit of the Northwest, In The Spirit Contemporary Native Arts Juried Exhibition, Tacoma, WA, 2022