Native American Antique and Contemporary Art
JOHN MOLLOY Gallery
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    • Views on the Road: Georgia and Mott Hupfel
  • Native American Antiques
    • We’wha & the Two Spirit Tradition, Then and Now
    • Beaded Beauty, Early 19th C Haudenosaunee Beaded Bags
    • 19th Century Plains Indian Pipe Bags
    • FIGURES & DOLLS
    • LAKOTA LEDGER DRAWINGS from the Amidon Ledger Book
    • Plains Beauty: ​ 19th Century American Indian ​Garments and Accessories
    • NATIVE AMERICAN DOLLS
    • NATIVE AMERICAN ANTIQUE TOY CRADLES
    • Moccasins, Walking in Splendor
    • Vintage Native American Jewelry and Gallery Highlights - Holiday Show 2016
    • Plains Beadwork and Quirts, New Selections, Summer 2016
    • Knifecases and Tomahawks
    • GEOMETRIES: Parfleche
    • Plains Indian Art
    • Plains Indian Art (2)
    • Plains and Plateau Beadwork
    • Beaded Bags from Columbia River Plateau
    • Three Northern Beaded Bags
    • Across the Rockies, Native American Antique Beadwork
    • AMERICAN RENAISSANCE, 19th Century Plains Indian Art
    • The Painted Parfleche
    • Katsinam 2013
  • Past Shows
    • THE SHAPE OF THINGS, Carter Hodgkin & Drew Shiflett
    • Bob Seng, Surface Tension
    • MUTABILITY, Carter Hodgkin, Drew Shiflett, and Helen O'Leary
    • REPURPOSED, Gerry Hayes
    • TECHNIC/COLOR
    • BUBBLE THEORY
    • INTERSECTIONS
    • PARALLEL PLAY
    • AT HOME: Kate Teale and David Henderson
    • James Havard >
      • James Havard, PRIMAL
      • James Havard, Paint People
      • James Havard, TALKING IN COLORS
      • James Havard, Unquenchable Fire
    • Caroline Blum and Melinda Hackett_New Paintings
    • Matt Magee TYPOLOGIES
    • Tom Huakaas STOP D.A.P.L.
    • INTERNAL LANDSCAPES Vito Desalvo and David Reisman
    • Excavations & Certainties
    • SUEJIN JO, MIGRATION_PASSAGES
    • Walter Robinson
    • GEOMETRIES >
      • GEOMETRIES: Parfleche
      • Geometric Abstraction
    • Matt Magee - PAINTINGS and TEXTCAVATIONS
    • INSOMNIA: Larissa Nowicki
    • Melinda Hackett, SEA GARDEN
  • Essays
    • Names and Roles of Two Spirit People: An Historical Perspective
    • TOY CRADLES FROM THE PLAINS & PLATEAU - essay
    • AMERICAN RENAISSANCE, 19th Century Plains Indian Art - essay
    • Larissa Nowicki INSOMNIA
    • "Birds for Crazy Horse" Tony Fitzpatrick
    • Unquenchable Fire: James Havard’s Recent Paintings
    • Plains Art Before 1860
    • Warrior Art and Artifacts
    • SOME THOUGHTS ON COLLECTING INDIGENOUS ART
    • Art on Horseback
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TRANSFIGURATIONS

MARK KINDSCHI       and       MARIANO CHAVEZ

Mark Kindschi's human and animal forms of forged and hammered steel portray "the interface between nature and the human species."  
(more Kindschi images)   
Mariano Chavez, Chicago based artist, uses wasp nests, beeswax, shed snakeskin and other organic and non-organic materials to create masks and figures that  powerfully resonate in their originality.   
(more Chavez images)
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Mark KIndschi, "Scarecrow" (detail), forged and hammered steel, 78" x 62"
Mark KIndschi, Dominant Species - Fish
Mark Kindschi, "Dominant Species, Fish" forged and hammered steel, 72" (W) x 52" (H) x 24" (D)
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Mark Kindschi, "Barracuda Table," glass and forged and hammered steel, 20 x 48 x 24 inches
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Mariano Chavez, "The Caller" (detail)
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Mariano Chavez, "Wasp Paper Mask"
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Mariano Chavez, group of Masks
Long known as dealers in classic indigenous art, we have expanded into the realm of fine art, seeking the common thread between the genres.  Our curatorial intent is to show art and artifacts that share the motif or mysticism inherent in museum quality antique native American Art.   Plains Indian beaded regalia is shown alongside the contemporary animal totems of Mark Kindschi.  Historic Native American  masks enrich the recent snakeskin and honeycomb masks created by Mariano Chavez.  We compare contemporary master James Havard's strong figural paintings to ancient Inuit walrus ivory figurines, and Larissa Nowicki's sublime paper weavings to the classic beauty of 19th century Navajo textiles.  Hopi Kachina dolls are complimented by  the intricate bird drawings of Tony Fitzpatrick.  These cross cultural commonalities can be unexpected and obscure, but each work of art is enriched and reinforced by its company.
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