{"product_id":"9781597115322","title":"Kimowan Metchewais: A Kind of Prayer","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Kind of Prayer\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Metchewais was a contemporary artist of stunning originality, and until now, his work has been woefully understudied and underexposed. \u003ci\u003eA Kind of Prayer\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive overview that showcases this essential artist’s astonishing vision.","brand":"Aperture Foundation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42370923987005,"sku":"9781597115322","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781597115322_p0.jpg?v=1771574592","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781597115322","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}