Lot 37: Kent Monkman 1965 - Canadian chromogenic prints on metallic paper Miss Chief: The Emergence of a Legend

Kent Monkman 1965 - Canadian chromogenic prints on metallic paper Miss Chief: The Emergence of a Legend
Literature:David Liss et al, Kent Monkman: The Triumph of Mischief, Art Gallery of Hamilton, 2007, reproduced pages 1, 34, 35 and 36
Provenance:
Private Collection, Toronto Exhibited:Art Gallery of Hamilton, Kent Monkman: The Triumph of Mischief, June 7 - August 26, 2007, traveling in 2007 - 2010 to the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Glenbow Museum, Calgary, the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and Saint Mary's University Art Gallery, Halifax, Miss Chief Eagle Testickle first introduced herself to the public at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in 2004. Since this performance, the alter ego of Toronto-based artist Kent Monkman has frequently rematerialized in his paintings, performances and, as seen here, photographs. Miss Chief: The Emergence of a Legend plays with the conventional portrait genre, which in the past has objectified native populations. Alternatively, Monkman turns the pictorial space into theatre, allowing Miss Chief to perform in different guises that each challenge aboriginal visual history. The title of the series references the construction of an artist's identity - a theme that is dramatically infused into each image. This work consists of five photographs mounted in frames designed by the artist, each with an individual title: Hunter, Vaudeville Star, Cindy Silverscreen, Film Director and The Trapper's Bride. The dimensions include the frames, which were done by the artist as part of the work.