For many years Tripp has been involved in reviving Karuk ceremonies that had been discontinued for decades, he developed his signature abstract style, based in Karuk design, ceremonial regalia forms, and related cultural and political iconography. The two works in the KADIST collection are a continuation of these forms with in the medium of sculpture.
Brian D. Tripp was born in Eureka, California in 1945 with Karuk ancestry, from the Klamath upriver watershed. Tripp has been deeply involved with ceremonial culture throughout his life with exhibitions and posts placing him at the forefront of an important California Native American artistic and cultural renaissance.
For many years Tripp has been involved in reviving Karuk ceremonies that had been discontinued for decades, he developed his signature abstract style, based in Karuk design, ceremonial regalia forms, and related cultural and political iconography...
The chapter Ayousha , of Judith Barry’s Cairo Stories , is a portrait-like work that consists of one plasma screen and one framed photograph...
Weekly Picks: Singapore (9 - 15 July 2018) | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Singapore July 9, 2018 dead was the body till I taught it how to move by Bhumi Collective 11-14 July 2018 The Bhumi Collective presents dead was the body till i taught it how to move, a performance and story by Dominic Nah, written by Edward Eng...
For many years Tripp has been involved in reviving Karuk ceremonies that had been discontinued for decades, he developed his signature abstract style, based in Karuk design, ceremonial regalia forms, and related cultural and political iconography...