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A kind of prayer : Kimowan Metchewais / text by Christopher T Green, Kimowan Metchewais, Emily Moazami and Jeff Whetstone.

Metchewais, Kimowan, 1963-2011 (artist.). Green, Christopher T., 1990- (author.). Moazami, Emily., (author.). Whetstone, Jeff, 1968- (author.).

Summary:

"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."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781597115322
ISBN: 1597115320
Physical Description: 267 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Aperture, 2022.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Artist's statement / Kimowan Metchewais -- Stories on the ground / Jeff Whetstone -- Where night meets day: inside the Kimowan Metchewais archives / Emily Moazami -- In search of live relics in Cold Lake / Kimowan Metchewais -- Kimowan Metchewais: a kind of prayer / Christopher T. Green.