Yuxweluptun draws the line: The art establishment’s embrace of the aboriginal artist hasn’t blunted his rhetorical hatchet
You don’t really have a revolution until someone draws a line, and thanks to the line-drawing prowess of Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, Canada is in the midst of a full-on aboriginal siege.
This time, there’s no need to circle the wagons. Just open your eyes to the work of Yuxweluptun and a new generation of young talents, such as Kent Monkman, Brian Jungen and Rebecca Belmore, as they lead the new revolt against gift shop representations of first nations, and redefine the aboriginal experience to Canadians -and the world.
For Yuxweluptun (pronounced Yeuchh-whale-upten), this is all old hat.
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