Publisher Note
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-seven 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.
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| Release Place | New York, NY, United States of America |
| Edition | 1st edition |
| Release Date | 2022 |
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Artist:
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ISBN-13:
9781597115322
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| Subform | Photobook |
| Topics | Colonial Memory, Indigenous Identity |
| Methods | Photography |
| Language | English |
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| Format | hardcover clothbound with tipped-in images (front and verso) |
| Dimensions | 20.0 × 27.5 cm |
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| Pages | 268 |
