The Battle of Canyon de Chelly, 2021, giclee print on photo paper, 16 x 40 in. / 40.64 x 101.6 cm.

The Battle of Canyon de Chelly, Michael Darmody, 2021, giclee print on photo paper, 16 x 40 in. / 40.64 x 101.6 cm.

Edward Curtis' famous 1904 view of Canyon de Chelly in Arizona, the navel of the Navajo Nation homeland, matched with mirror version, so as to almost appear to be a single view. Typical PoMo strategy questioning "authenticity", "originality", "other", as well as exoticism, romanticism.