Louise Goodman (artist)

Louise Rose Goodman (born December 25, 1937) is a Navajo folk artist and ceramicist.

Louise Goodman
Coiled pot in fired clay with piñon pitch, ca. 1986, by Louise Goodman Smithsonian American Art Museum
BornDecember 25, 1937
Cow Springs, Navajo Nation, Arizona
NationalityNavajo
Known forCeramics
SpouseEddie Goodman sr.

Biography

A member of the Biih Bitoodnii (Deer Spring) clan, Goodman learned pottery making from her sister-in-law, Lorena Bartlett. Her range of work includes standard jars and bowls produced in a wide variety of shapes including a significant amount of animal forms such as chickens, rams, dogs, squirrels, bears, lions, elephants, and other domestic and wild creatures. Goodman turned to creating animal figures, already common among contemporary Navajo potters, when she noticed a decline in demand for her more functional clay pots.[1] One of the most innovative styles of pottery Goodman developed is a modified coil pot, in which the coils are obliterated only on the interior surface.[2][3]

Goodman's work has been exhibited at the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff, Arizona, the Heard Museum in Phoenix, the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock, Arizona, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.[2]

Selected works
  • Bear, 1990, fired clay with piñon pitch, 22 1/4 x 10 5/8 x 10 7/8 in, Smithsonian American Art Museum.[1]
  • Coiled Pot, about 1986, fired clay with piñon pitch, 14 7/8 x 11 1/8 in. (37.8 x 28.3 cm) diam., Smithsonian American Art Museum.[4]

Selected group exhibitions
  • 1988 – anii ánáádaalyaa'ii; Continuity and Innovation in Recent Navajo Art, Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, New Mexico[5]
  • 1989 – Navajo Junction: Where Navajo Potteries Meet, Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson[5]
  • 1993 – Leets 'aa bi Diné Dáályé: It Is Called Navajo Pottery, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, California[5]
  • 1994 – Contemporary Art of the Navajo Nation, traveling exhibit organized by Cedar Rapids Museum of Art; Venues: Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico; the University Art Museum, State University of New York, Albany; Museum of the Southwest, Midland, Texas[5]

Further reading
  • Hartman, Russell P; Navajo Pottery: Traditions and Innovations, by Russell P. Hartman, Flagstaff, Northland Press, 1987
  • Bernstein, Bruce; McGreevy, Susan; anii ánáádaalyaa'ii; Continuity and Innovation in Recent Navajo Art. Santa Fe, Wheelwright Museum.[6]
  • Rosenak, Chuck; Rosenak, Jan; The People Speak: Navajo Folk Art. Northland Publishing Co.[7]
  • Eddington, Patrick; Makov, Susan. Trading Post Guidebook. Northland Publishing Co.
  • Hayes, Allan; Blom, John; Hayes, Carol (2015-08-03). Southwestern Pottery: Anasazi to Zuni. Taylor Trade Publishing. ISBN 978-1-58979-862-5

References
  1. "Collection Record for "Bear" by Louise Goodman". Luce Foundation Center for American Art Collection Search. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  2. Rosenak, Chuck and Jan (October 21, 2008). Navajo Folk Art. Rio Nuevo. p. 67. ISBN 978-1933855240.
  3. "Louise Goodman | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  4. "Collection Record for 'Coiled Pot," by Louise Goodman". Luce Foundation Center for American Art Collection Search. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  5. St. James guide to native North American artists. Internet Archive. Detroit : St. James Press. 1998. ISBN 978-1-55862-221-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. "Anii Ánáádaalyaa'Ígíí (Recent ones that are made): Continuity and Innovation in Recent Navajo Art". Cats Cradle Books. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  7. www.bibliopolis.com. "THE PEOPLE SPEAK. NAVAJO FOLK ART by C. Rosenak, J. on Ethnographic Arts Publications". Ethnographic Arts Publications. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
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