Lancaster – USC Lancaster’s 17th Annual Native American Studies Celebration on November 16th at 5:30pm will feature the end credits of Hulu’s “Prey” and Redbone’s “Come and Get Your Love” video, as well as: You can also see it in the Center’s newest exhibit, Humor, Parody, and Satire II: Popular Culture and Native American Art.
As the lead artist for “Prey,” Learned was responsible for creating the artwork that the Comanche, the tribe featured in the film, would have created on the rock during the time period shown in the film. Learned is a citizen of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes of Oklahoma and a relative of the Comanche tribe.
“When the Indians of the Plains exalted an event, it was usually a calendar or a story of a great battle,” Learned said. We had to come up with what it would look like through the eyes of India at the time.”
By creating the end credits in the style of Leisure Art, Learned drew each character in the film and sent the artwork to seven other artists to duplicate and place in storyboards.
“This is the first time it’s ever been done. All the Indian artists involved in such a project ended up in a film,” says Learned. “There has never been a ledger artwork like this.”
They were also selected to work with a Los Angeles-based production company to create the official music video for Redbone’s “Come and Get Your Love.” According to him, his only YouTube search result for the song so far was from a performance the band had on his early 1970s variety show, The Midnight Special.
“The Marvel movie Guardians of the Galaxy introduced the song to a whole new generation of music lovers. I came up with a story about a man trying to find his one true love and he hears a beat that only he can hear.Send him this beat A planetary woman.
Although his paintings are on display at the center, Larned has worked in a variety of media including prints, sculptures, watercolors, drawings, and pen and ink. In his talk, Mr. Learned will explain his perspective as an American Indian and his satirical subject matter covering political and historical events.
“What I want people to take away is this guy from Oklahoma who is painting his tribe, telling stories, and giving voice to his ancestors. They were alive,” Learned said. “They were moved from being on the Plains to being placed on a reservation, and their culture was slowly taken away from them during Manifest Destiny. to tell the story and let people know that you want to share our culture.
“Humor, Parody, and Satire: Popular Culture and Native American Art” is on display at the Native American Studies Center through March 4, 2023.
For more information on Learned talks and other events in conjunction with the 17th Annual Native American Studies Celebration, visit the center’s website. www.sc.edu/Lancaster/NAS.
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