Raven Halfmoon's traveling exhibition "Flags of Our Mothers" has opened at Ballroom Marfa in Texas, featuring her monumental ceramic sculptures that explore her dual identity as Caddo and American. The show includes the 12.5-foot-tall outdoor piece "Flagbearer" (2022), her largest work to date, along with two new works debuting at this venue. Halfmoon, who drove from her home in Norman, Oklahoma, to Marfa for the installation, uses a coil technique to build imposing forms that evoke both protective matriarchs and the violence faced by Indigenous women, with her signature graffiti-like scrawl asserting resilience.
This exhibition matters because it brings Halfmoon's powerful commentary on Indigenous identity, heritage, and survival to a wider audience during a period of national reflection ahead of America's 250th anniversary. Her work bridges past and future, drawing on Caddo ceramics and mound-building traditions while addressing contemporary themes of duality and resilience. The show, which originated at the Aldrich Museum in Connecticut in 2023, represents a significant milestone for a young artist whose monumental sculptures command attention and challenge viewers to reckon with both personal and collective histories.