Clearly Indigenous Audio Exhibition
Untitled
Untitled, 2008, Tammy Garcia (American, Santa Clara Pueblo, b. 1969), Preston Singletary (American, Tlingit, b. 1963), H. 20 in. (50.8 cm), Diam. 16 in. (40.6 cm), blown and sand-carved glass, Collection of Mark and Lindsay Bibler, L10.2023:33
Verbal Description
Hello, I’m Meisha Williams, the museum’s community engagement coordinator. I will be sharing a description of Untitled by Tammy Garcia and Preston Singletary in Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass.
Tammy Garcia, born in 1969, is part of the Santa Clara Pueblo. Preston Singletary, born 1963, is Tlingit. Both artists collaborated on the creation of Untitled in 2008. It is in the collection of Mark and Lindsey Bibler.
Untitled is a three-dimensional blown and sand-carved glass vessel. Shown in the round inside a case, the work measures 20 inches tall with a diameter of 16 inches, or 50.8 centimeters tall with a 40.6-centimeter diameter. This ovoid vessel has a round small base. Its walls gently expand toward the waist of the vessel, then gently contract its shoulder, transitioning into a short round neck. The vessel is black with white decoration. Starting from the top, the pot’s rim is a solid circular black band. Just below the rim, thick and thin white lines in an abstracted feather pattern decorate the neck. A series of geometric shapes in the form of squares, rectangles, stair steps, and what looks like the curling end of reptile tails encircle the vase.
Label Audio
Hello, I’m Meisha Williams, the museum’s community engagement coordinator. I will be sharing the label for Untitled by Tammy Garcia and Preston Singletary in Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass.
Tammy Garcia, born in 1969, is part of the Santa Clara Pueblo. Preston Singletary, born 1963, is Tlingit. Both artists collaborated on the creation of Untitled in 2008. It is in the collection of Mark and Lindsey Bibler.
Santa Clara Pueblo is widely known for the artistry of its black pots, many of which have designs carved in the clay. Tammy Garcia, well known for her exquisite pottery, worked with glass blower Preston Singletary to reimagine her clay pottery designs and create this striking version of a Pueblo pot, which was made of blown glass and then sandblasted.