Weinstein Hammons Gallery is pleased to present GULLAT, an exhibition of new work by Tia Keobounpheng. The exhibition takes inspiration from an essay on the Sámi People’s Spiritual Connection to Land” by Harald Gaski, who retells the Sámi origin story where the Creator placed the living, beating heart of a two-year-old female reindeer into the earth. In times of hardship, the Sámi people could press their ear to the ground and hear its steady pulse as an enduring source of hope and confidence in the future.
This exhibition considers our ability to hear on a spiritual level as an act of belonging and a reciprocal relationship with the land that exists beyond ownership, stressing the interconnectedness between community, environment and the land. Presented at a time when Minneapolis faces profound political strain, the exhibition GULLAT emphasizes the urgency of collective listening.