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Vol. 7 (2018): Presenting Race: Institutional Contexts and Critiques

Gregg Deal's White Indian (2016): The Decolonial Possibilities of Museum Performance

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5195/contemp.2018.239
Submitted
February 2, 2018
Published
2018-10-30

Abstract

Gregg Deal (Pyramid Lake Paiute) is a performance and visual artist whose work deals explicitly in decolonizing the contemporary experience of Indigenous peoples. An analysis of his performance ofWhite Indian in 2016 at the Denver Art Museum opens up the possibilities of performance as a method for museums to decolonize their spaces and curation.