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Future Imaginaries: Indigenous Art, Fashion, Technology. Group Exhibition. Autry Museum of Western Art, Samuel & Minna Grodin Gallery, Los Angeles, California. September 15, 2024 – June 2026.
A major exhibition catalogue will accompany the exhibition.
About the Exhibition
Future Imaginaries explores the rise of Futurism in contemporary Indigenous art as a means of enduring colonial trauma, creating alternative futures and advocating for Indigenous technologies in a more inclusive present and sustainable future. Over 50 artworks are on display, some interspersed throughout the museum, creating unexpected encounters and dialogues between contemporary Indigenous creations and historic Autry works. By intermingling science fiction, self-determination, and Indigenous technologies across a diverse array of Native cultures, Future Imaginaries envisions sovereign futures while countering historical myths and the ongoing impact of colonization, including environmental degradation and toxic stereotypes.
Exhibition Sponsors
This exhibition is made possible with support from Getty through its PST ART: Art & Science Collide initiative. Additional support provided by the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation, the Ethnic Arts Council, The Henry Luce Foundation, The Mildred E. and Harvey S. Mudd Foundation and Caryll and William Mingst.
Press
New York Times: The Getty Gives $17 Million to Museums for Pacific Standard Time
Los Angeles Times: Getty invests more than $17 million in 2024’s art and science-themed Pacific Standard Time
Efface (2017) 61 (h) x 23 (w) x 30.5 (d) cm, mixed media. Private Collection (Toronto). 
Excerpt from Heffel catalogue Encoding Culture I: Works of Barry Ace. Efface (2017) 61 (h) x 23 (w) x 30.5 (d) cm, mixed media. Private Collection (Toronto). Photo: Courtesy of Heffel.