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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
I don’t know why it’s now become a thing that artists are only allowed to interpret the world through their own narrow, ethnocentric slice of the human experience.
I actually think there’s something profoundly racist about that.
There is a way to treat material with respect, and there is a way to treat material disrespectfully.
The Vancouver Canucks and Seattle Seahawks both incorporate (or exploit, if you really prefer) the Pacific Northwest First Nations artwork into their logos. This isn’t new, it isn’t controversial, because they’re both done respectfully.
Whatever is wrong with the world, and whatever you think of his aesthetic style, DaveArt putting a thunder bird on the top of a goalie mask is not some some grand colonial cultural appropriation.
It’s the helmet for the Canucks starter.
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Agreed, and I’m fairly certain the Canucks orca logo wasn’t done by a Haida or west coast native. The mask is cool and had good intentions. When I saw it I thought, the only way it could be better is if a Native artist had done it. And it sounds like that will now happen. I look forward to seeing it. Will Daveart still paint it though?