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CUE Art Foundation presents a solo exhibition by John Feodorov
Installation view of John Feodorov s exhibition at CUE Art Foundation. Photo: Sunny Leerasanthanah.
NEW YORK, NY
.-CUE Art Foundation is presenting Assimilations, a solo exhibition by John Feodorov, curated by Ruba Katrib. Drawing upon his experience growing up half-Navajo (Diné) and half-white in the suburbs of Los Angeles, Feodorovs multimedia installation, paintings, and prints explore how identity and memory are shaped amidst the violent pressures of cultural assimilation and the legacy of settler colonialism in the United States.
In the front gallery, Feodorovs installation, How I Learned To Be A Christ-jun, displays Pentecostal and Jehovahs Witness hymn books and pages along with a New Testament Bible translated into the Navajo language in an altar-like space. Manipulated recordings play a Christian congregation singing hymns combined with looped audio of the artists mother and grandfather singing tr