European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 27, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Indian Art ours Europe Story and photo by Joe Mapother Bremerhaven Bureau a German  touring the current exhibition of 20th-Century american  artists slopped in his tracks Al the hulking painting of an Indian wearing Buffalo Horn headgear and exclaimed i be has an ice Cream Cone in his hands two scoops no less. The contrast Between traditional concepts of Indian Art and new styles that incorporate a variety of Western european styles is sinking among the nearly 200 pieces on tour until the end of this year. The exhibit will be in Aachen until March 3. Pottery painted in designs familiar to travellers in the american Southwest is set off by pieces thai include a Gau Dily painted construction hat Volkswagen Canvas with a Buffalo print overlay and overt references to Well known european painters such As Pablo Picasso Henri Matisse and Vassily Kandinsky. There is however no doubt  the primary influence in the Art on display is american Indian. The Kaleidoscope of influences provide an interesting and sometimes Sharp social commentary on the past and present history of North America s oldest human inhabitants. A 1980 painting by David p. Bradley of the Chippewa tribe raises another Point How much of the work on display is authentic Indian Art and How much of it is a commentary on what arc the buying tastes of the general american Public. The painting tilled the an collector from s, pc depicts a woman in a chair who closely resembles Whistler s Mother in the famous 19th Century painting of his Mother by James Abbot Mcneill Whistler. Super Indian no. 2" Painton by Fritz Scholder of the Lime no tribe. Bradley s woman is thumbing through a publication tilled Thi  fifi ,. On the Wall hang pictures in the style of and inst riled with the names i Alici f , rioted Indian Irtis . Cannon and an unsigned work thai bears resemblance to the style of Henri magi Itle. Outside the window in the room two indians Are depicted one of whom is looking in tin window with Hii hands clasped in prayer and a  e etched in suffering. Next to the window a television screen shows wigwams under neatly wide open skies. Another painting of Bradley s in soil shades of Brown depicts a traditional Indian room with a  storyteller festooned with tiny children. In this picture the scenery outside the window is idyllic although thu or an no people outside Ilia room a comprehensive Guidebook costing .1 j do tit tit $76.50