Diné artist Eric-Paul Riege has opened his largest exhibition to date, titled "ojo|-|ólǫ́," at the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle. The show features textile sculptures, looms, beading, video, and performance, and uniquely invites visitors to physically touch the artworks, allowing them to become part of the objects' material history through their interactions.
The exhibition is significant for its collaborative nature, developed with the Bell Gallery at Brown University and informed by Riege's research into Navajo collections at two university museums. It challenges traditional museum etiquette and notions of authenticity by incorporating everyday materials and emphasizing the living, evolving nature of artworks that accumulate marks from their creators, institutions, and viewers over time.