“I went out first to make a painting and then the Earth taught me how to make those shapes and the Neuf series… so the sovereignty of those [Neuf] paintings is very pronounced, they were made on Cheyenne-Arapaho territory, I made them myself, and I explored them myself, and then the politicized ideas came out of that.” - Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds Edgar Heap of Birds 𝘕𝘦𝘶𝘧𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘖𝘬𝘭𝘢𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘢, 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘯 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘴 📍Campbell Art Park and Sculpture Garden okcontemporary NOW ON VIEW: okcontemporary Oklahoma Contemporary presents the first major retrospective of Oklahoma City-based artist Edgar Heap of Birds (b. 1954, Wichita, Kansas; Cheyenne and Arapaho Nation), who is known internationally for conceptual artwork that addresses Indigenous rights, sovereignty, and relationships to place. Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds: HONOR SONG is a landmark for American art, for the region, and for the city: the artist’s first institutional survey in h...