© Estate of Fritz ScholderIn 1969, a Minnesota-born artist by the name of Fritz Scholder painted a portrait he dubbed “Indian with Beer Can.” The image shows a stark figure in sunglasses and a cowboy hat, sitting with his arms crossed and teeth bared before a can of Coors. Unlike many studio paintings that came before it — the ones that pictured Native Americans as indomitable or mystic figures detached from Whiter society — Scholder’s portrait was mundane, lower class, uncomfortable. It didn’t shy away from the taboo of alcoholism in indigenous communities, nor did it cover up America’s distaste …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
