'Brian Jungen: Strange Comfort'

Jungen is an Indian artist, a member of the Dunne-za First Nation in British Columbia

who uses contemporary materials to construct objects which resonate with his own native culture,

although his current show at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.,

up through August 8, 2009,

is his first at an Indian art museum, previous exhibitions having taken place

in such venues as Tate Modern in London and the New Museum in New York.

Above and below,

selections from the show .