Emmi Whitehorse is a foundational figure in contemporary Indigenous abstraction, widely recognized for expanding modernist painting through Diné philosophy and land-based ways of seeing. In recent years, her work has received major institutional recognition, including prominent retrospectives and acquisitions by leading museums, affirming her central place in American art history.

In #950, Whitehorse layers translucent fields of deep magenta and red with delicate lines and glyph-like marks that suggest land, movement, and memory rather than literal depiction. The composition invites a shifting way of seeing—forms feel both intimate and expansive—asserting abstraction as a site of Indigenous knowledge, presence, and continuity.