{"product_id":"kent-monkman-being-legendary-at-the-royal-ontario-museum-hardcover","title":"Kent Monkman: Being Legendary at the Royal Ontario Museum - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKent Monkman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeing Legendary\u003c\/em\u003e presents a new-and never before published-body of work by the revered and internationally renowned Cree artist Kent Monkman, guided by an Indigenous worldview, historical narratives, and the artist's playful imagination. Known for his thought-provoking and groundbreaking paintings, in \u003cem\u003eBeing Legendary\u003c\/em\u003e Monkman focuses on the cultural world's most urgent topic: What does the museum mean in the twenty-first century?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince time immemorial, Indigenous knowledge has been deeply embedded in the land, carried in stories, songs, and art. Yet not only has this history never been a focus of North America's greatest museum, it has been diminished by the forced interruptions of the colonial project on Turtle Island. In a landmark exhibition at the Royal Ontario Museum, Monkman, through his art and his gender-fluid, shape-shifting alter ego, Miss Chief Eagle Testickle, presents in the paintings and pages of \u003cem\u003eBeing Legendary\u003c\/em\u003e a powerful counter-narrative to the conventional structures of colonial collecting institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy highlighting Indigenous systems of knowledge, \u003cem\u003eBeing Legendary\u003c\/em\u003e upholds the continuity and transcendence of worldviews that existed for millennia before the creation of Western museums. It speaks to the interruption of Indigenous knowledge caused by colonial forces and challenges our institutions to consider a fresh way of thinking. Powerful, provocative, and inspiring, \u003cem\u003eBeing Legendary\u003c\/em\u003e presents the knowledge carried by Indigenous leaders in the community who shine a light forward for future generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKent Monkman (b. 1965) is an interdisciplinary Cree visual artist. A member of Fisher River Cree Nation in Treaty 5 Territory (Manitoba), he lives and works in Dish With One Spoon Territory (Toronto, Canada). Monkman's work explores themes of colonization, sexuality, loss, and resilience across painting, film\/video, performance, and installation. Described by the Globe and Mail as ?about as famous as a living painter can be, ? Monkman creates, according to the CBC, ?the kind of art Canada needs right now.?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 175\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 05, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42732069290047,"sku":"9781487102937","price":72.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/7890524c687fe8f936033ecfd56b2012.webp?v=1765131175","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/kent-monkman-being-legendary-at-the-royal-ontario-museum-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}