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Episode: Gregg Deal: It Was A 'Do or Die' Moment
Description: Muralist, Painter, and Performance Artist, Gregg Deal, makes art that is provocative and powerful. Work that explores themes of Indigenous identity, race relations, decolonization, and appropriation. As a marginalized artist in a Western art world, Gregg's work challenges our assumptions and beliefs about what it means to be Indian in America.
In this conversation we talk about:
Being bullied for being brown
The role of identity in art and using it to find your own
Taking the leap into life as a full-time artist without any safety net
What it took for Gregg to find, and...