Julie Buffalohead uses abstraction, realism to send a message

Julie Buffalohead uses abstraction, realism to send a message

At an exhibition called “Travois,” featuring work by Julie Buffalohead at Dreamsong gallery in Northeast Minneapolis, I kept thinking about Luigi Mangione as I gazed at a painting called “She who strews the ground with a long line of slain men” (2025).  The painting depicts a young Native woman holding a stick, surrounded by a group of monkeys and a raccoon playfully engaging themselves with dollar bills apparently stolen from several slain busi…