I was walking through the American Wing on the fifth floor of the Brooklyn Museum today. The curators had changed a few of the exhibits.
I came across this mesmerizing pair of high-heeled Steve Madden sneakers, which had been reworked by a Native American artist named Teri Greeves. Greeves had beaded the sneaker with glass and bugle beads, as well as Swarovski crystals. The sneakers are called "Great Lake Girls" (2008) and shows two women dressed in full powwow regalia. Greeves is from the Kiowa tribe and was born in 1970.
The Brooklyn Museum is one of the underused cultural treasures of New York City. As compared to the Metropolitan and the Museum of Modern Art, the galleries are almost empty on most weekdays, and even on the weekend, the mornings there can be quite pleasant.
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