Mateo Romero: Artist and Native American Advocate - Epi. 112, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

I had Mateo Romero on the podcast today. He is a fantastic
painter and interesting individual and this interview is one of
the more unique podcasts I've had the pleasure to record. On the
Art Dealer Diaries, we generally talk about art but with Mateo,
we gravitated to the topic of the current racial divide in the
United States. Mateo has been involved in a lawsuit for 20+ years
against the Washington Redskins organization to change their name
so we had a chance to discuss all of the recent developments in
that arena,  as well as the obelisk monument in the center
of the Santa Fe Plaza and what could be done to replace, or more
importantly, recontextualize a monument that refers to Native
Americans that lived in the region as the "savage Indians of New
Mexico". We also spoke at length about Mateo's artistic process
and the life experiences/academia that got him where he is today.
This is longer than the usual podcast but is well worth the
effort to listen to the entire podcast and was one of my favorite
interviews.