Armond Lara
Flying Blue Buffalo (installation), 2018
Cast resin, acrylic paint, wood, mixed media
Dimensions vary.
Armond Lara’s Flying Blue Buffalo installation tells the centuries-long story of enslaved Native American children. The Pueblo people called these abducted youths “lost bluebirds,” a symbol that Lara combined with the buffalo into a new icon of Indigenous survival and resilience. For the 2018 installation, Lara’s original wood carvings were 3D printed, cast in resin, and hand-painted to create a suspended flock of 77 buffalo.
Armond Lara’s Flying Blue Buffalo installation tells the centuries-long story of enslaved Native American children. The Pueblo people called these abducted youths “lost bluebirds,” a symbol that Lara combined with the buffalo into a new icon of Indigenous survival and resilience. For the 2018 installation, Lara’s original wood carvings were 3D printed, cast in resin, and hand-painted to create a suspended flock of 77 buffalo.
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