Kent Monkman NY070926How the West Was Won, a copperplate etching hand painted in watercolor by the artist, explores themes central to Kent Monkman's work. In a practice spanning more than two decades, Monkman has challenged colonial power dynamics, often reversing the stereotypical roles of Indigenous settler relationships in cheeky encounters set against majestic North American landscapes. Early examples of this include: Ceci n'est pas une pipe (2001), Heaven and Earth
“It didn’t follow any rules
‘This is one of my points of view on the world – I’m presenting to you a gift
How the West Was Won engages these themes within the iconography of the American West – Monkman's alter ego Miss Chief Eagle Testickle dominates a cowboy against the backdrop of a desert
The Society of the Four Arts
The sculptures are in production through March and will be delivered in April 2024
faithfully recreates Calder’s most sculptural and iconic chess set — a true collector’s piece for art
In describing The Signing
signed by Ninalee ‘Jinx’ Allen
I have manipulated it into a bronze sculpture
Contemporary European Tapestries from the Collection of Mr
With a lush painterly style that evokes plein-air eighteenth-century pastoral landscapes
Hunting was sold as a time-limited edition with a final edition size of 135