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Exhibit of American Indian Photo's Comes to Bratislava

An exhibit of nearly 60 historic photographs by Edward S. Curtis, who documented the disappearing American Indian culture in the early 1900s, opens at Galéria Z on November 8. Ambassador Rodolphe M. Vallee will be joined by Gallery owner Viktor Hulík, Professor Marta Botiková, Chair of the Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology Department at Comenius University and Nora W. Kennedy, Sherman Fairchild Conservator of Photographs, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to discuss the significance of these works and where they fit in the iconography of America. "Sacred Legacy" tells the story of the daily life of Indian communities throughout the Western part of the United States: the sacred rituals, the work, the costume and personalities of this special people. Ambassador Rodolphe Vallee remarked about the exhibit, noting that the "the questions provoked by the photos in this exhibit are the same that Slovaks ask about their own cultural and ethnic groups today."

· Visions of Native Americans: The Photographs (Slideshow)    · Gallery