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They Carry the Land

They Carry the Land

$2,000.00 USD
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They Carry the Land
They Carry the Land

They Carry the Land

Adrienne Keene

Basketry

As a mentor rider for the 2026 Remember the Removal Ride, I have spent the last several months tracing rural roads of the reservation on my bike. After my first flat tire, I became interested in discarded rubber inner tubes. I think about the ways these tires have rolled across our homelands with each pedal stroke, and the ways the land is then carried into the tire, and now into the weaving. As I ride on RTR this June, I will be thinking about the ways my bike is carrying the land of the Trail of Tears with me as I journey back to Oklahoma following the route of our ancestors.

2026, Rubber bicycle inner tubes, copper tubing, copper wire.

72" x 60" x 1"
$2,000.00 USD

All artworks sold will be shipped from the gallery after the close of the show. Packages should go out no later than May 22, 2026.

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About the Artist

Adrienne Keene

Cherokee Nation

Adrienne Keene is a Cherokee Nation citizen, originally from Southern California, who now lives on the Cherokee Reservation in Tulsa. A scholar, writer and artist, Keene's visual work explores themes of Indigenous and Cherokee futurisms. She practices traditional Cherokee art forms like basketry, beadwork, and twining with contemporary and found materials. She is a 2025-2027 Tulsa Artist Fellow, where she is working on an essay collection, researching Indigenous representations in popular culture and expanding her visual arts practice to fiber art.

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