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Peltier Paintings at Aldrich Museum

Paintings by Native American activist Leonard Peltier go on view at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, in Ridgefield, Conn., August 25, 2006 – Feb 25, 2007. Peltier who is considered a political prisoner by Amnesty International is a self taught artist. His works are featured in the, “The Tate Wikikuwa Museum,” a traveling installation of 8 paintings plus a timeline of his incarceration and a miniature prison- like space. ( Tate Wikikuwa is Peltier’s Native American name and means ” The Wind Chases the Sun”) The show designed to draw attention to Peltier’s case is organized by  San-Francisco-based artist Rigo23. The installation has already appeared at
the Museum of Contemporary Art in Santiago and the De Young Museum in San
Francisco. It appears at the Aldrich Museum in conjunction with the exhibit,
” No Reservations: Native American History and Culture in Contemporary Art,”
August 23, 2006 – Feb. 25, 2007.

Please Click here for photos of “Tate Wikikuwa Museum” Photographs:
<http://www.leonardpeltier.net/worldevents/museum.htm>
http://www.leonardpeltier.net/worldevents/museum.htm

Leonard Peltier Defense Committee
Robert Robideau- Co- Director
Toni Zeidan – Co-Director