Kent Monkman's New Painting

[Karl-G]

Canadian Cree artist, Kent Monkman, has just created a large painting, which is creating an even larger uproar in Canada. It depicts the Canadian prime minister on all fours about to be penetrated, while a large group of First Nation woman laugh loudly and six former Canadian prime ministers look on. Monkman has been attacked and praised as an artist for the painting. This article praises him. Two of his large works are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art; another famous one shows nuns and priests ripping children from the hands of their mothers and taking them away, assisted by Royal Canadian Mounted Police, as happened earlier in Canada.

 

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/jonathan-kay-it-takes-a-true-artist-to-find-new-ways-to-shock-the-conscience-kent-monkman-has-done-that

[+ WilliamM]

Extremely sad for those many trashed and forgotten then and now. And all over the world as well

[scotttt]

.I read about the new creation of the Canadian artist Kent Monkman on a site dedicated to news in the art world. Both this further and the old work aroused quite a lot of controversy. He is a different artist who tries to highlight or induce reality through his works. Indeed, what he brings new to the art world can sometimes be shocking, as is the case now. But we have to accept. I would like to find some of his works of art to paint by numbers. At the moment, I do not have enough money to buy the original works.

Edited October 15, 2021 by scotttt

[Guest]

Years ago, I wrote him an e-mail asking him if he sold any prints of his work. I never even received a reply. I felt that was a little rude. I believe I had seen one of his works at some museum in Toronto or Ottawa, and the gift shop didn't sell any prints. Even if the answer was no, it wouldn't have taken him a minute to answer. Here's the work as described in the OP.

[+ nycman]

I think his installations are much more impressive than his paintings. 

His paintings are very derivative. And quite frankly, if you’re going to 
reference masterpieces so heavily, you better be a fucking great painter.
(Spoiler alert…he’s not) Because you can be damn sure your work is going
to be compared brushstroke by brushstroke with the original. 

Simply put, his talent in painting doesn’t match his very provocative ideas. 

In addition, I thought the Trudeau Rape piece was incredibly tasteless.

Frankly, I’m glad the giant pieces in the Met Grand hall were taken down.
It’s not really the place for giant, mediocre art. No matter how politically
correct it maybe. They seemed to scream "we’re so woke we’ll even hang
titan sized murals of inferior art to prove it". I predict the Met’s acquisition
of them will be something future generations will find puzzling.

Edited October 11, 2021 by nycman

[+ azdr0710]

nice butt on the RCMP officer......(too soon??!!)

[+ azdr0710]

an apology from the artist (May, 2020).....

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2020/05/26/kent-monkman-issues-apology-for-painting-that-depicts-the-sexual-assault-of-canadian-prime-minister-justin-trudeau

and does anybody else get linked back to this thread when they click on the link in the OP??.....if so, here's the article.....

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/jonathan-kay-it-takes-a-true-artist-to-find-new-ways-to-shock-the-conscience-kent-monkman-has-done-that

[samhexum]

On 5/29/2020 at 7:37 AM, Karl-G said:

Canadian Cree artist, Kent Monkman

12 hours ago, scotttt said:

I read about the new creation of the Canadian artist Kent Monkman

6 hours ago, Unicorn said:

Years ago, I wrote him an e-mail asking him if he sold any prints of his work. I never even received a reply. I felt that was a little rude.

47 minutes ago, nycman said:

I think his installations are much more impressive than his paintings.

33 minutes ago, azdr0710 said:

nice butt on the RCMP officer......(too soon??!!)

Am I the only SIMPSONS fan here who saw the topic title and thought of Kent Brockman?

Edited October 11, 2021 by samhexum

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

I don't mind artists making a statement if it's done in a thought-provoking, intelligent and self-aware sort of way.

It's why I love guys like GIlbert & George.  

This, however, is crap.  Monkman is working too hard to try to find too many angles.

[Guest]

What do you think of this print for my office or living room?

[marylander1940]

1 hour ago, nycman said:

I think his installations are much more impressive than his paintings. 

His paintings are very derivative. And quite frankly, if you’re going to 
reference masterpieces so heavily, you better be a fucking great painter.
(Spoiler alert…he’s not) Because you can be damn sure your work is going
to be compared brushstroke by brushstroke with the original. 

Simply put, his talent in painting doesn’t match his very provocative ideas. 

In addition, I thought the Trudeau Rape piece was incredibly tasteless.

Frankly, I’m glad the giant pieces in the Met Grand hall were taken down.
It’s not really the place for giant, mediocre art. No matter how politically
correct it maybe. They seemed to scream "we’re so woke we’ll even hang
titan sized murals of inferior art to prove it". I predict the Met’s acquisition
of them will be something future generations will find puzzling.

Rape is NEVER politically correct...

Gay marriage, legal (consensual) anal sex and gays in the military are also "woke".