The Top 10 Vermont Art Exhibitions of 2023
By Pamela Polston
December 27, 2023
A Place of Memory, The Current, Stowe, VT
Eagle by Nicholas Galanin
This provocative exhibition had a serious mission. Its artists reclaim their ancestral stories, rejecting white-dominated perspectives in favor of authentic cultural expressions. The artworks were aesthetically and conceptually engaging, particularly the wildly inventive assemblages of Nyugen E. Smith and vanessa german. Following the Tlingit tradition, Nicholas Galanin's photographs and mask are more austere and minimal. Though leavened with humor, this exhibit was a defiant celebration of Indigenous creativity.