…le, the Apsáalooke artist depicts her grandmother, her father, herself and her daughter, all around the same age in a piece that weaves their genealogy together. “We, as federally recognized Native people, are the only people in the U.S. that have to carry around cards. How much blood quantum we have. And so I happen to have the right amount of blood, but my child doesn’t.” With this piece, Red Star rages against the fact that, according to…

…t manifest his essence. These works are psychical rather than physical explorations. Emily Chun, a PhD candidate in art history, discovered much about Francis while working with the Anderson Collection team to research and prepare gallery texts for this centennial exhibition. “I have always been deeply interested in Francis for his metaphysical bent, as other abstract artists during this period did not so assiduously pursue the infinite and the s…