Jeffrey Gibson (Mississippi Band Choctaw, Cherokee), Natura Non Facit Saltum, 2005. Oil paint and pigmented silicone on wood; 57 x 46 x 2 1/2 in. Denver Art Museum: William Sr. and Dorothy Harmsen Collection at the Denver Art Museum, by exchange, 2008.814. © Jeffrey Gibson

height: 57 in, 144.7800 cm; width: 46 in, 116.8400 cm; depth: 2 1/2 in, 6.3500 cm

Native Arts

Indigenous Arts of North America

This object is currently on view

In this painting the artist confronts the native experience of land loss, not through bitterness and despair but by envisioning a primordial Eden with sheer veils of paint. He adds depth to the surface by piping on flowers and vines at the top as a direct reference to the beaded Iroquois pieces sold to tourists at Niagara Falls.