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A Conversation with Kent Monkman

April 30, 2021 | 12:00 pm1:00 pm EDT

Kent Monkman in conversation with Professors Una Chaudhuri and Simón Trujillo, introduced and moderated by Yanoula Athanassakis.

Perhaps best known in NYC for his Great Hall Commission at the MET, Kent Monkman is a trailblazing multi-media artist with a wide-ranging and provocative set of interventions into Western European and American art history. Monkman’s oeuvre explores themes of colonization, extinction, sexuality, loss, and resilience, all through a prism of the complexities of historic and contemporary Indigenous experiences.

Kent Monkman will be in conversation with Professors Una Chaudhuri and Simón Trujillo, introduced and moderated by Yanoula Athanassakis.

Les Castors du Roi (2011) | Acrylic on canvas 96” x 84” Collection of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts,Image courtesy of Kent Monkman

Kent Monkman
is an interdisciplinary Cree visual artist

Una Chaudhuri
is a Collegiate Professor and Professor of English, Drama, and Environmental Studies, at NYU

Simón Trujillo
is an Assistant Professor of English at NYU

Yanoula Athanassakis
is a Clinical Associate Professor, Director of the Environmental Humanities, Associate Vice Provost at NYU

Co-sponsored by the Environmental Humanities and the Office of Global Inclusion