Sonny Assu
The Value of Comic Sans
2016Digital intervention on an Emily Carr painting
About
Sonny Assu (Ligwilda’xw of the Kwakwaka'wakw Nations) has been recognized for his mashups of Indigenous iconography and popular culture. He addresses the ways in which traditions of the past have come to inform contemporary ideas and identities, particularly as related to the effects of colonization, and the loss of language and cultural resources in Indigenous culture. Through a variety of mediums, including museum interventions, large-scale installations, sculpture, and painting, Assu’s work maintains a profound connection to past traditions. His practice emphasizes the complex conversation relating to the intersections and boundaries of traditional Indigenous art within the larger realm of contemporary art practices.
Selected Works
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Sonny Assu
The Away Team Beams Down to What Appears to Be an Uninhabitable Planet
2016Digital intervention on an Emily Carr painting (Vanquished, 1930)
Archival pigment print
Sonny Assu
PRESERVER ONE: Well, looks like we got them all. See, don't you feel GREAT knowing that these people will never experience the effects of colonization?
PRESERVER TWO: O_o
2016, printed in 2019 Digital intervention on an Emily Carr painting (Tanoo, 1913)
Archival pigment print
Sonny Assu
Making a b-line to HaidaBucks, Salmonberry Frap #ftw #starbucksFAIL #lol
2016, printed in 2019Digital intervention on an Emily Carr painting (Yan, Q.C.I., 1912)
Archival pigment print
Sonny Assu
It was, like, a super long time ago that ppl were here, right?
2014, printed 2019Digital intervention on an Emily Carr Painting (Cumshewa, 1912)
Archival pigment print
Sonny Assu
(B) Longing #19
2018Bronze
Sonny Assu
Hamatsa Be Trip'n
2015Acrylic on panel
Sonny Assu
#MuseumSelfie
2015Acrylic on panel
Sonny Assu
Torment: Issue #8, 2019
2019Acrylic ink, Marvel comic book pages on Stonehenge paper
Sonny Assu
Torment: Issue #7, 2019
2019Acrylic ink, Marvel comic book pages on Stonehenge paper
Sonny Assu
Torment: Issue #2, 2019
2019Acrylic ink, Spider Man comic book pages on Stonehenge paper
Sonny Assu
Torment: Issue #1, 2019
2019Acrylic ink, Spider Man comic book pages on Stonehenge paper
Sonny Assu
The Spectacular Treasury Edition #1, 2019
2019Acrylic ink, Marvel comic book pages on Stonehenge paper
Sonny Assu
"Special Edition", 2019
2019Acrylic ink, Marvel comic book pages on stonehenge paper
Sonny Assu
"Special Edition":Variant #1, 2019
2019Acrylic ink, Marvel comic book pages on stonehenge paper
Sonny Assu
'Nuff Said!, 2018
2018Chalk paint, acrylic paint and collage on panel
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