Description
A Kind of Prayer presents the first-ever survey dedicated to the late Cree artist Kimowan Metchewais and his singular body of work on Indigenous identity, community, and colonial memory.
After his untimely death at age forty-eight in 2011, Metchewais left behind a wholly original and expansive body of photographic and mixed-media work. At the center of his practice is an extensive Polaroid archive, which addresses a range of themes--including the artist's body, performative self-portraiture, language, landscapes, and everyday subjects--and served as the source material for works in other media, such as painting and collage. Metchewais's exquisitely layered works offer a poetic meditation on his connection to home and land, while challenging conventional narratives and representations of Indigeneity.
Metchewais was a contemporary artist of stunning originality, and until now, his work has been woefully understudied, -published, and -exhibited. A Kind of Prayer is a comprehensive overview that showcases this essential artist's astonishing vision.
Author: Kimowan Metchewais
Publisher: Aperture
Published: 01/10/2023
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.87lbs
Size: 10.70h x 7.90w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781597115322
ISBN10: 1597115320
BISAC Categories:
- Photography | Individual Photographers | Monographs
- Art | Mixed Media
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | Native American Studies
After his untimely death at age forty-eight in 2011, Metchewais left behind a wholly original and expansive body of photographic and mixed-media work. At the center of his practice is an extensive Polaroid archive, which addresses a range of themes--including the artist's body, performative self-portraiture, language, landscapes, and everyday subjects--and served as the source material for works in other media, such as painting and collage. Metchewais's exquisitely layered works offer a poetic meditation on his connection to home and land, while challenging conventional narratives and representations of Indigeneity.
Metchewais was a contemporary artist of stunning originality, and until now, his work has been woefully understudied, -published, and -exhibited. A Kind of Prayer is a comprehensive overview that showcases this essential artist's astonishing vision.
Author: Kimowan Metchewais
Publisher: Aperture
Published: 01/10/2023
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.87lbs
Size: 10.70h x 7.90w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781597115322
ISBN10: 1597115320
BISAC Categories:
- Photography | Individual Photographers | Monographs
- Art | Mixed Media
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | Native American Studies