James Luna
Luiseño-Mexican-American performance and installation artist from the La Jolla Indian Reservation in California. (1950-2018) · United States · On the map · Artists · Died at 68
James Luna was a Puyukitchum, Ipai, and Mexican-American performance artist, photographer and multimedia installation artist. His work is best known for challenging the ways in which conventional museum exhibitions depict Native Americans.
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With recurring themes of multiculturalism, alcoholism, and colonialism, his work was often comedic and theatrical in nature. In 2017 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.
