{"product_id":"kimowan-metchewais-a-kind-of-prayer","title":"Kimowan Metchewais: A Kind of Prayer","description":"\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eA Kind of Prayer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\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\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter 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\u003eMetchewais was a contemporary artist of stunning originality, and until now, his work has been woefully understudied and underexposed. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Kind of Prayer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a comprehensive overview that showcases this essential artist’s astonishing vision. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46134713286874,"sku":"978-1597115322","price":105.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0526\/0371\/5780\/files\/61o36GhU2GL._SL1500.jpg?v=1737391910","url":"https:\/\/studio-argentique.myshopify.com\/products\/kimowan-metchewais-a-kind-of-prayer","provider":"Studio Argentique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}