Four Directions: Vision

1995

Kay WalkingStick Cherokee, Native American, born 1935

On View

Native American, Level 1, South Wing

Four Directions: Vision: 1 of Collection Gallery

Four Directions: Vision: 2 of Collection Gallery

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About the Artwork

In this two-panel composition, Kay WalkingStick explores different perceptions of the world. She utilizes beliefs from her Cherokee background and from her artistic exposure to American and European landscape training in her works. On the right, she depicts a cliff shining in the afternoon sunlight to symbolize the land perceived through the senses — in this case, sight. On the left, a symbol for the four cardinal directions represents the earth’s invisible, spiritual dimension. Side by side they illustrate two perceptions of the world.

Title Four Directions: Vision

Artwork Date 1995

Artist Kay WalkingStick

Life Dates Native American

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Native American

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Cherokee

Medium Oil, acrylic, and wax on canvas

Dimensions Overall: 30 × 60 × 3 inches (76.2 × 152.4 × 7.6 cm)

Classification Paintings

Department Indigenous Americas

Credit Museum Purchase, Edgar A.V. Jacobsen Acquisition Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 2005.25

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the artist, Kay WalkingStick [born 1935] (Jackson Heights, Queens, New York, USA);
2005-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Kay WalkingStick, Four Directions: Vision, 1995, oil, acrylic, and wax on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Edgar A.V. Jacobsen Acquisition Fund, 2005.25.