Critical Writing Index

Kent Monkman's Postindian Diva Warrior:: From Simulacral Historian to Embodied Liberator

by David McIntosh

Fuse, July 2006, v. 29, no. 3, pp. 12-23

An indepth look at Kent Monkman's Postindian, retroprojecting paintings and their references to the colonial gaze. The article also follows the artist's gender-bending alter ego, Miss Chief Share Eagle Testickle, and her development.

ITEM 2006.090 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

SuperiorKent Monkman

North Shore, Lake SuperiorLawrence Harris

Edmund Morris

Heaven and EarthKent Monkman

Ceci n'est pas une pipeKent Monkman

Cree MasterKent Monkman

Fort EdmontonKent Monkman

Portrait of the Artist as HunterKent Monkman

Half-Breeds Running Buffalo, Portrait of the Artist as HunterPaul Kane

Artist and ModelKent Monkman

Medicine Mask DancePaul Kane

The Moral Landscape: Hunting Scenes and Other Amusements of the Great Wild WestKent Monkman