¡Colores!; False Traditions, False Idols
KNME-TV (Television station : Albuquerque, N.M.) · June 7, 1994
American Indian artist Charlene Teters (Spokane) shines a light on the stereotypical images of American "Indians" used in mainstream America. Using “the media of popular culture” as her medium, she works with installation art. She bombards her audience with commercialized images and names used to portray American Indians, such as “Redskins,” “Braves” and juxtaposes them against photographs of friends and family who she considers “real” American Indians. Teeters hopes to bring “a voice to the silence” and “visibility to invisible” people. She uses art as a forum to raise the level of debate about stereotyping and racism in modern America.
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