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Hanky Panky (painting)

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Hanky Panky
ArtistKent Monkman
Year2020 (2020)
MediumPainting
SubjectJustin Trudeau

Hanky Panky is a 2020 painting by Two-spirit Cree artist Kent Monkman. It depicts a laughing group of Cree women as they watch Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Monkman's alter ego Miss Chief Share Eagle Testickle prepare for consensual[1] anal fisting,[2] while past Canadian leaders look on.[2][1] Kent Monkman generated controversy by suggesting that the scene was a consensual act[1] by including a reference to the hanky code.[3][4]

In 2020, Hanky Panky was purchased by Canadian lawyer and author Howard Levitt, who wrote a column in the National Post about his decision to purchase the painting.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Artist Kent Monkman's painting of partially nude Trudeau with laughing women creates uproar online". CBC. 20 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b "The Provocations of Kent Monkman". The New Republic. 21 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Kent Monkman's rash new painting Hanky Panky is simplistic and incongruous with his stated intentions". Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  4. ^ "Cree artist Kent Monkman is famous for scenes depicting violence against Indigenous people. He caused social-media storm with new painting Hanky Panky". Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  5. ^ Levitt, Howard (30 May 2020). "Why I couldn't resist buying Monkman's notorious 'Hanky Panky' painting". National Post. Postmedia Network. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
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