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Swipe File: Captain America And Native America
The Comic Art Indigène exhibition opens with an image from the 13th century featuring the All American Man, a red, white and blue pictograph of a shield carrying warrior from the Pueblo II period. Juxtaposed with a Jim Steranko image of Captain America.
I love it when galleries do my swipe file pieces for me.
Comic Art Indigène is an exhibition of comics books and Native American imagery, at the The Palm Springs Art Museum.
In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree. They may be homages, parodies, ironic appropriations, coincidences or works of the lightbox. We trust you, the reader, to make that judgment yourself. If you are unable to do so, please return your eyes to their maker before any further damage is done. The Swipe File doesn't judge, it's interested more in the process of creation, how work influences other work, how new work comes from old, and sometimes how the same ideas emerge simultaneously, as if their time has just come. The Swipe File was named after the advertising industry habit where writers and artist collect images and lines they admire to inspire them in their work. It was swiped from the Comic Journal who originally ran this column, as well as the now defunct Swipe Of The Week website.
