| Hanky Panky | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Kent Monkman |
| Year | 2020 (2020) |
| Medium | Painting |
| Subject | Justin 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 anal fisting, while past Canadian leaders look on. Kent Monkman generated controversy by suggesting that the scene was a consensual act by including a reference to the hanky code.
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.
References
- ^ "Artist Kent Monkman's painting of partially nude Trudeau with laughing women creates uproar online". CBC. 20 May 2020.
- ^ "The Provocations of Kent Monkman". The New Republic. 21 May 2020.
- "Kent Monkman's rash new painting Hanky Panky is simplistic and incongruous with his stated intentions". Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- "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.
- 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.