Kent Monkman's "Reconciliation Etching" (2018); Copper Plate Etching on Acid Free Paper; Size: 8” x 11”; Edition: 21/100; Reconciliation etching is hand signed and numbered
We'd not heard of Kent Monkman until last week, but all it took was seeing one of his polemics to know we'd love to bring one of his realistic, grim but humor-filled landscapes back-home with us to "Mike Pence's Indiana." Born in Canada in 1965, Monkman is a Cree artist who uses his gender-fluid alter ego Miss Chief Eagle Testickle in superheroic roles to challenge accepted notions of religion, sexuality, and race. This week, The Metropolitan Museum of Art unveiled his commission "Wooden Boat People," and that makes Kent Monkman, our artist of the week.
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